14 Backup / Restore Microsoft Virtual Machines

This section describes in detail how to backup and restore virtual machine running on Microsoft Hyper-V Server with OBM.

Individual virtual disk can be restored to the original VM, or to be added to a new VM.

Important:
Serious problem may occur if the configuration files are incorrectly modified; it may prevent the virtual machine from starting.

Please only perform the following procedures if you have in-depth knowledge on Hyper-V management.

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Restore of individual virtual disk is only supported for restore to [Alternation location].

Click [Change]; select the directory path where the virtual disk was originally backed up from.
Click the [Start Restore] button to begin the restore process.
Start the virtual machine after the restore process is completed.

Important:
If the following error is displayed during the startup, please remove the Saved State of the corresponding VM.

In Hyper-V Manager, right click on the corresponding VM and select [Delete Saved State], start the VM again afterward.

Important:
Restore of individual virtual disk to a different virtual machine is only supported for virtual disk with no snapshot.

Restore of individual virtual disk is only supported for restore to [Alternation location].

Click [Change]; select the directory path where the virtual disk was originally backed up from.
Click the [Start Restore] button to begin the restore process.
When the restore process is completed, open Hyper-V Manager.

Under Virtual Machines, powers down the corresponding virtual machine to be restored to.
Select [Setting] to add the restored virtual disk to the VM.
Select [Add Hardware], [SCSI Controller] and press the [Add] button.

Under Media, select [Browse] and browse to the newly restored virtual disk file.