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today
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11 years ago

Backup Exec 2014 - How do you install the Agent for Hyper-V on a Hyper-V Host?

On page 863 of the BE 2014 admin manual PDF, the "Requirements for using the Agent for Microsoft Hyper-V" are listed.  One of the requirements is that this Hyper-V agent be installed on each Hyper-V ...
  • pkh's avatar
    11 years ago
    Agent for Hyper-V refers to the capability to backup Hyper-V VM's. This capability is built into every remote agent which you push out to remote servers. There is no specific Agent for Hyper-V. To activate the Hyper-V agent capability, you need to install the necessary Hyper-V licenses on the media server. What the Admin Guide I'd trying to say is 1. Install 1 Hyper-V agent license for each Hyper-V host on the media server. 2. Push out the remote agent to the Hyper-V host. You can then backup the VM's on this Hyper-V host as VM's