Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2019 – with backups there are certainly key areas that can make the difference in effectively protecting your data or not protecting it. Let’s look at the following key areas in a Hyper-V environment for capturing effective backups
- Hyper-V Checkpoints are not backups
- Capture Hyper-V VM backups at the Hyper-V Host or Cluster level
- Make use of Resilient Change Tracking (RST)
- Use Application-aware backups
- Make sure to use Hyper-V Integration Services
- Encrypt your Hyper-V backups
- Verify your Hyper-V backups
Let’s take a closer look at each of these one-by-one and see why they are important