Unfortunately Hyper-V Manager doesn’t provide an automatic, scheduled creation of snapshots aka checkpoints. However, it’s a great thing to add to your VMs and it can be done with just one command and the Windows Task Scheduler: You could either use a fixed name for the snapshot / checkpoint or generate one automatically. The PowerShell script […]
Backups may fail with one or more of the following error IDs: 19050, 32022, 32032, 32056, 32315, 32546 and 33680 and example messages are shown below: Hyper-V-VMMS 19050 ” failed to perform the operation. The virtual machine is not in a valid state to perform the operation. ‘<VM Name>’ failed to perform the operation. The […]
A peculiar kind of error occurs whenever a merge operation is taking place and at the same time a VM backup is started: VM <GUID> cannot be backed up, error -2147212301 (VSS WRITER ERROR RETRYABLE), The virtual machine ‘<VM Name>’ cannot be backed up because either the file groups reported during OnIdentify has changed, […]
Shrinking and expanding VHDX files is a common requirement, especially for data centers. We discuss here how it’s done. A lot of times IT admins use dynamically expanding disks to avoid having to grow and shrink VHD / VHDX files. In addition, prior to Windows Server 2012 R2, live expansion and resize of VHDX wasn’t […]
New: Windows 10 was released! Visit instead: Windows 10 (Final) Download Link Below are the current (Oct 1, 2014) download links for Windows 10 Technical Preview and Windows Server Technical Preview released today: Windows Server Technical Preview http://care.dlservice.microsoft.com/dl/download/F/5/7/F574727C-B145-4A7D-B85B-11C4E8DC894B/9841.0.140912-1613.FBL_RELEASE_SERVER_OEM_X64FRE_EN-US.ISO Key: JGNV3-YDJ66-HJMJP-KVRXG-PDGDH Hyper-V Server Technical Preview http://care.dlservice.microsoft.com/dl/download/F/5/7/F574727C-B145-4A7D-B85B-11C4E8DC894B/9841.0.140912-1613.FBL_RELEASE_SERVERHYPERCORE_OEM_X64FRE_EN-US.ISO Windows 10 Technical Preview (Enterprise, English, x64) http://care.dlservice.microsoft.com/dl/download/F/5/7/F574727C-B145-4A7D-B85B-11C4E8DC894B/9841.0.140912-1613.FBL_RELEASE_CLIENTENTERPRISE_VOL_X64FRE_EN-US.ISO Key: […]
Below is a very useful list of links, guides, and tutorials relating to Hyper-V backup: Hyper-V Backup Quick Start Guide: Protect your Hyper-V VMs with just a couple of clicks. List of Effective Hyper-V Backup Strategies: Describes common strategies; how to back up Hyper-V in the best way that fits your requirements and infrastructure. […]
Here we discuss briefly the advantages and disadvantages of using external hard drives for Hyper-V backups. The pros and cons have been reduced to the main points. If you are looking for an external hard drive backup software solution, check out BackupChain and test it out for free. As everything in life, there are advantages […]
KB 2918371 describes the following issue with Windows Server Backup 2012: Environment: a Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V host and a Windows Server 2012 guest virtual machine (VM). Open Windows Server Backup on the host operating system. Select Backup Schedule to start the backup schedule wizard and then click Next. Click Custom on the Select Backup Configuration tab […]
The error 0x800705aa may show up as: HRESULT = 0x800705aa – ERROR_NO_SYSTEM_RESOURCES and occur during backups, file copies, during the boot process, and other processes. The most common cause of 0x800705aa is simply the lack of free RAM. If you are using virtual machines with dynamic memory allocation, make sure the integration services are up-to-date. The […]
In a recent article published by BackupChain, 18 Hyper-V best practices were put together to ensure you have a well functioning Hyper-V server system, with focus on how to achieve good performance and efficient Hyper-V backups. Their article addresses the following issues: The interdependences of VSS backups in Windows and Hyper-V Options for Fine-tuning […]