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hyper-v exclude disk

AsimKhan
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Hello

i have a small query that is i have hyper-v machine running linux. there are 3 disks attached to this hyper-v one is root the OS image other is home for user data and last is storage of data file.

i want to take the backup of only root disk which is 20 GB and want to exlclude other 2 disk.

how to do this ?

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Hamza_H
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Hello

After getting into the policy and select hyper-v tab and selecting advance button it display two colums parameter saying snapshot attribute and the value column unspecified. so what does it mean snapshot attribute unspecfied. attach a snapshot as well

 I am not able to find any option "virtual disk selection" as stated on page 49 of the document.Hyper V administrator guide.

Hamza_H
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could you please confirm the nbu version?

NetBackup version is 8.1.2

Marianne
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@AsimKhan 

Please go back a few pages in the manual (page 42 in 8.1.2 manual) to this section:

6 Use the Hyper-V tab to set Hyper-V options.
The following backup methods are available:
■ Hyper-V Host 2008 SP2 or later (VSS)
For Hyper-V hosts running Windows Server 2008 SP2 or later (including
Windows Server 2016). Select this method for older Hyper-V hosts. This
method does not support block-level incremental backups or Accelerator.
■ Hyper-V Host 2016 or later (WMI)
A new backup method in NetBackup 8.0 and later that enables the faster
Hyper-V backup features. This method is for Hyper-V hosts running Windows
Server 2016 Technical Preview 5 or later. The virtual machines must be at
a VM configuration version later than 5.

You need to select 'Hyper-V Host 2016 or later (WMI)' in order to have 'virtual disk selection' in Advanced tab. 

Hello

I have checked it with hyper-v 2016 option and going into Advance attribute the selection of the all the appeared as shown in 1.jpg attached,

secondly when i go into the backup selectoin to delete all the local drive and give my own selection its not allowed there.

lastly when i tried to save after the changes in hyper-v i got error attached in 2.jpg.

we are running windows 2012R2 on client running Hyper-V will this hyper-v tab option of 2016 work here

Marianne
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You will not be able to use this options while on W2012.

The manual is clear:

Hyper-V Host 2016 or later (WMI)
A new backup method in NetBackup 8.0 and later that enables the faster
Hyper-V backup features. This method is for Hyper-V hosts running Windows
Server 2016 Technical Preview 5 or later. The virtual machines must be at
a VM configuration version later than 5.