3) Recovering a Virtual Machine Using Windows Server Backup

1) Open the Windows Server Backup console and select “Recover” from Action panel.

2) On the Getting Started page, select “This Server” and press Next.

3) Select the backup date which you want to recover the VM

4) Select the Recovery typer: Select “Files and Folders” and press Next

5) Now, Select the VM which you want to recover (from left panel) and select the VHD file of respective VM (Right panel).

6) Specify the recovery options as per your reuirement. I have selected “Original Location” as Recovery Destination.

7) Confirmation: This screen will provide a summary of all the options which you have selected; Press Recover to start the recovery process

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Hyper-V Server Configuration:

CPU: Intel Xeon X5550 @2.67Ghz (2 Processors)
RAM: 24 GB
Disk: 500 GB [C:\= 50GB (OS), D:\= 450GB (VM Data)]
250 GB External USB Disk

2) Configuring Windows Server Backup to take VM Backups.

Before configuring Windows Server Backup to work with Hyper-V, we have to register Hyper-V VSS Writer GUID in Windows Registry.

Registering Hyper-V VSS Writer GUID in Registry.

1) Open “Registry Editor” (Start >> Run >> Regedit)

2) Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\

3) Check if Key Named “WindowsServerBackup” is available or not. If not then create a new Key (name is “WindowsServerBackup”) under Currnet version as soon in below image.

4) Inside “WindowsServerBackup” Key add new Key Named “Application Support“

5) Right-click the “Application Support” key and add new Key with name “{66841CD4-6DED-4F4B-8F17-FD23F8DDC3DE}“. You will get something like below image and make sure that you are navigating HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\WindowsServerBackup\Application Support\{66841CD4-6DED-4F4B-8F17-FD23F8DDC3DE}

6) Create new String Value to create a REG_SZ string in “{66841CD4-6DED-4F4B-8F17-FD23F8DDC3DE}” with following details

Name: Application Identifier
Type: REG_SZ
Data: Hyper-V VSS Writer

Now you will get something like below image.

7) Reboot the server.

Use caution when you modify the registry. Corrupting the registry can cause system instability, as well as cause the operating system to be unable to boot.

Configure Backup a Virtual Machine Using Windows Server Backup

1) Open the Windows Server Backup console from the Administrative Tools and select Backup Schedule from Action Panel.

2) On the Getting Started page of the Backup Schedule Wizard, click Next.

3) Select “Custom” on Backup Configuration Page and Press Next

4) Select C:\ (default) and D:\ on Backup Items

5) Specify the Time on when you want to Run the backups of the VM.

6) Select Backup Destination: Select the USB Disk and press Next. It will show warning, press “Yes” to continue.

7) Press Next on Label Destination Disk

8) On the Confirmation page, review your selections, and click Finish.

9) In the Summary page, click Close.

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• Installation of Windows Server Backup.

• Configuring Windows Server Backup to take VM Backups.
  
• Restoration of Hyper-V VM.

1) Installation of Windows Server Backup.

Windows Server Backup need to be installed as Feature using Server Manager as it is not installed by default. Following are the steps to install Windows Server Backup on Microsoft Windows Server 2008.

1) Open Server Manager >> select Features >> click Add Features.

2) In the Add Features Wizard, expand Windows Server Backup in the Features tree.

3) Select Windows Server Backup and also select Command-Line Tools.

4) After you make your selections, click Next.

5) Press Install to continue.

6) If you get following screens, you have installed Windows Server Backup (WSB).

I will post Part II and Part III soon… thanks for your Patience.

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