How to Backup Hyper-V Guest Machine Server While Running Video
Are you looking for a way to create a backup of a Hyper-V guest machine while it is running? With BackupChain you can back up Hyper-V on Windows Server, Hyper-V Server, but also on Windows 10-11, without affecting the VMs at all, live and while the virtual machine is running. The backup is consistent just as when you do a physical server backup.
In the video below, we go through a simple setup and show the process step-by-step:
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