How Do You Backup Your Virtual Machines In Hyper-v ?

[Kori]

I am using hyper-v and I am looking for ways to backup the virtual machine. I know I could just shutdown the virtual server and copy the files, but obviously that is not a good option with a server.

I am wanting to copy/backup to an esata drive (that way i can swap 1tb drives when they get to 75% capacity)

not looking to use san, nas, or tape.

any ideas ?

 

[Adam543]

Yes, I am currently using CloudBacko Hyper-V for backup of my virtual machine, physical servers, or databases, there are a number of choices for hyper-v backup - altaro, Veeam, Microsoft, etc. But I use CloudBacko Hyper-V VM because it has a unique feature it is 100GB of VM can be backed securely up within a few minutes!

 

[Michael72]

In our company we use several backup software tools, including BackupExec, BackupChain, and Acronis. Some tools are better with external hard drive rotation than others; I guess you could try them all and see which one suits your needs better

 

[Dward86]

Altaro all the way - uncomplicated, cheap and never let me down in 1.5 years.

http://www.altaro.com/hyper-v-backup/