proit Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Im looking for some backup solutions for Hyper-V and its guests.... Ive read that Veeam is very good but for a small business, they seem a bit on the high end. The Hyper-V will just host WS2012R2 and W7. Symantec also has a product and I imagine Acronis has a similar solution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger H. Veteran Posted February 23, 2015 Veteran Share Posted February 23, 2015 I found most backup systems not fully able to backup clients sometimes so I resorted to installing to the client and backing up to the storage location. The default Windows Server Backup is a good start but missing many of the tweaks sometimes required in an environment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daedroth Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 The last school I worked in used Hyper-V and used VEEAM as their backup solution for data and virtual machines. I didn't work with it myself, my colleague did, but by all accounts it was very good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sc302 Veteran Posted February 23, 2015 Veteran Share Posted February 23, 2015 I use 2 products on site, Unitrends disk to disk and Symantec Backup Exec disk to tape. Both do a good job, but there are some caveats that you need to understand. I have not been able to properly backup sql or exchange databases within the VM backups, they have to be done separately through the guest os. Other than that, normal file system backups are no problem and can restore to another environment as needed/wanted. FWIW, we need to perform yearly tests on both systems to verify that the backups are good and that restores are successful to whatever we choose (a full system restore, and individual file restore, or a database object restore (if applicable)). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+LogicalApex MVC Posted February 23, 2015 MVC Share Posted February 23, 2015 I use Veeam for my ESXi VMs and it is fantastic. I would recommend it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
game_over Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 I am also looking at Veeam but currently using Windows Server Backup from the command line, the options for creating backups within the app couldn't be worse so I have created a bat script that performs a backup to a NAS, I then setup scheduled tasks to run it automatically which give far more flexibility in the dates and times the backup is run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skiver Veteran Posted February 23, 2015 Veteran Share Posted February 23, 2015 I don't get involved with it, but I know we use System Center 2012 R2 Data Protection Manager and it seems to do everything we need. Don't know about costs/complexity but I suspect its probably a bit much for what you're looking for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Observer Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Using Window Server Backup. Does the job for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMann Veteran Posted February 24, 2015 Veteran Share Posted February 24, 2015 Veeam is the best product I have come across for backups in a Virtulization environment. The U-AIR tools are invaluable when needing to extract items from backups, like Active Directory objects, Exchange items or SharePoint data. However if budget is an issue, consider Altaro Hyper-V Backup. Believe it just adapts Windows Server Backup PowerShell commands, not used it but heard good reviews. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
proit Posted February 24, 2015 Author Share Posted February 24, 2015 However if budget is an issue, consider Altaro Hyper-V Backup. Believe it just adapts Windows Server Backup PowerShell commands, not used it but heard good reviews.This actually looks like a good option as we only have 2 VMs really...Seems intresting to try out. Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMann Veteran Posted February 24, 2015 Veteran Share Posted February 24, 2015 Should be good enough, better than Windows Server Backup at least. It's recomended by Petri as well which is usually a good sign. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
game_over Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Where do you guys store your backups? We are currently sending them to an on-site NAS and have been looking at a Veeam gold partner for online storage and DR and it's over Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMann Veteran Posted February 24, 2015 Veteran Share Posted February 24, 2015 Where do you guys store your backups? We are currently sending them to an on-site NAS and have been looking at a Veeam gold partner for online storage and DR and it's over Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
proit Posted February 24, 2015 Author Share Posted February 24, 2015 Im doing onsite. Ill offsite the baseline if neccesary. Im gonna try out Altaro Hyper-V Backup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanx Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Given that we are talking about just a couple of virtual machines, the required range of features is not going to be very wide. Therefore, chances are it would come down to the price. Since Veeam seems to be quite strong in an area of virtual backups, you may wish to give their free tool a go: http://hyperv.veeam.com/free-hyper-v-backup/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offroadaaron Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 The Windows Backup in Windows 2012R2 works a treat, it backs up the VM's and the host operating system. I've used Veeam and it's great but only thing is that it costs... Which I completely agree with when it comes to backup but it all depends on the budget. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
proit Posted February 25, 2015 Author Share Posted February 25, 2015 Given that we are talking about just a couple of virtual machines, the required range of features is not going to be very wide. Therefore, chances are it would come down to the price. Since Veeam seems to be quite strong in an area of virtual backups, you may wish to give their free tool a go: http://hyperv.veeam.com/free-hyper-v-backup/The free edition seem to poorly support Active Directory features. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanx Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 The free edition seem to poorly support Active Directory features. First of all, it's free for a reason. Second of all, if it doesn't matter to OP, who cares? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sc302 Veteran Posted February 25, 2015 Veteran Share Posted February 25, 2015 here you go...free unitrends backup virtual appliance: http://community.spiceworks.com/topic/256627-announcing-spicyueb-promo-code-for-spiceheads Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
proit Posted February 25, 2015 Author Share Posted February 25, 2015 First of all, it's free for a reason. Second of all, if it doesn't matter to OP, who cares? Im sorry for not mentioning that the WS2012R2 is the domain controller virtualized. I would need some AD support. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binaryzero Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 I use Veeam for disk backups, then Backup Exec to transfer onto tape. Looking at phasing out tapes eventually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kBWarrior Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 VEEAM can't be beat in my opinion. It works great and also can allow for the ability to retrieve files from the VM backup. That's what we recommend for VM backups, let it be for VMWare or Hyper-V. Anything to not use Symantec Backup Exec. That program, through all of its versions, is complete and utter rubbish. Bleck. When we're talking file/SQL/Exchange/etc backups, I like System Center from Microsoft. In depth, full on reports, it's excellent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binaryzero Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 I do like Veeam for the file explorer, Exchange explorer, and Sharepoint explorer. I also use it for DR - replication to another data centre (along with SAN replication). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lathanielt Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 Has anyone used Backup Assist? http://www.backupassist.com/index.html#intro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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