Using the right tools, creating a backup of a virtual server is quite simple and easy. With the right tool the VM doesn’t need to go offline or be paused and backups can proceed while the virtual server is running. How to Back up Virtual Server While Running Using BackupChain, our all-in-one backup solution, you can back […]

Things to consider when setting up cluster shared volume backup tasks using Hyper-V backup software: Don’t use file based methods (such as backing up files directly). Use the Hyper-V backup function instead Don’t run backups on several nodes at the same time or you’ll get errors (Windows Server 2008 R2, this has been improved by […]

  When running a backup of a Hyper-V VM you may run into this issue:   Selected writer ‘Microsoft Hyper-V VSS Writer’ is in failed state Status: 8 (VSS_WS_FAILED_AT_PREPARE_SNAPSHOT)   – Writer Failure code: 0x800423f3   The above error requires further investigation. You need to check the Windows and Hyper-V logs as shown in this article […]

Factors impacting backup speed: * if service priority is less than normal, the backup slows down when other apps take CPU * I/O of overall system services. * fragmentation of source and target drives. * bandwidth of source and target * Each CPU core’s speed * Activity level of the entire system * Disk failure. […]

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