I use VSS on the Hyper-V host to back up the guest VM's, I simply back up the entire logical disk the VM's live on. In addition, I have a backup agent on each VM that backs up system state and files (and those go to an Internet-based backup provider).
This makes me wonder...if I have SBS 2008 w/ Premium add-on and I am using a backup tool on the host (but no other features like file/print/DHCP etc) am I in violation of the licensing even if the only thin I am backing up is the local VM's? The info I have says "..only run it to provide hardware virtualization services and run software to manage the service..." so I'm guessing technically that's not allowed and I would have to pony up for another 2008 R2 standard license, correct? Dave -----Original Message----- From: Jay Kulsh [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2012 2:44 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Microsoft VM - 5 ways of backing up? David, Is there a "non-scary" way to do backup of VM? I thought VSS was most trustworthy. Thanks. Jay ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
