Hyper-V Backup: Simple, Powerful, and Open Standard
BackupChain is a backup software toolset that is specifically made for IT professionals who need total control over their backups. BackupChain offers a plethora of backup options, yet is easy to use and install, and includes a centralized, task-oriented user interface. One of the major advantages of using BackupChain to backup Hyper-V is the freedom it provides to use any open-standard file formats for backups. BackupChain also offers change-tracking for very fast incremental and differential backups of Hyper-V VMs, on Windows Server as well as on Windows 11.
Below is our 2 minute video tutorial: “How to back up Hyper-V“. Create a backup task, select the VMs, specify the target storage and that’s enough to get started:
The Hyper-V virtual machine restore steps are shown in the video below:
Hint: maximize the video and switch to HD for crystal clear quality.
Download BackupChain and feel free to contact our tech support for assistance. Our server backup software also includes many other types of backups, apart from Hyper-V Backup, such as VMware backup and VirtualBox backup.
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