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        Backup of Hyper-V with DPM SP1 installed locally

Section(s): Backup
Published on Feb 25, 2009.
Last Modified on Feb 16, 2009.
Last Modified by Robert Larson.
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This tip tells you how to configure DPM SP1 to backup the local Hyper-V and virtual machines.

Have you installed DPM on a Hyper-V host and wondered how to backup the local configuration and virtual machines? Well DPM does not enable this scenario by default. There is no way to enable this capability in the DPM Administrator Console, but you can enable it using PowerShell.

Open up a DPM Management Shell (DPM specific version of PowerShell console) and use the Set-DPMGlobalProperty cmdlet.

Set-DPMGlobalProperty –AllowLocalDataProtection $true [-DPMServerName]

If you are enabling this on the local machine, just type

Set-DPMGlobalProperty –AllowLocalDataProtection $true

Restart or launch the DPM Administrator Console and you will now see the local Hyper-V server and any running virtual machines.

About Robert Larson

Robert Larson is the co-author of the Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 Resource Kit, and the Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V Resource kit, both published by Microsoft Press. Robert has over 20 years experience in the engineering and IT field. Currently an architect with Microsoft Consulting Services, Robert focuses on helping customers design and deploy optimized data center and server infrastructures using physical and virtual approaches. Robert has been working with various virtualization technologies for over 4 years and is a regular speaker at Microsoft TechEd conferences in the US and Europe on the Microsoft virtualization stack. Robert has also written whitepapers and delivered webcasts on virtualization technologies. You can visit Robert's blog