I have Windows Server 2008 R2 with Hyper-V installed and Ubuntu 12.04 running on a VM.
I would like to be able to verify if Windows Server Backups are in fact backing up the Ubuntu VM.
From within Hyper-V Manager no snapshots appear for the VM.
I have done a lsmod on Ubuntu to verify if LIS is installed , this is the output:
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Module Size Used by
vesafb 13844 1
joydev 17693 0
hid_hyperv 13164 0
hid 99559 1 hid_hyperv
mac_hid 13253 0
psmouse 87603 0
serio_raw 13211 0
i2c_piix4 13301 0
lp 17799 0
parport 46562 1 lp
hv_netvsc 22939 0
hv_utils 13540 0
hv_storvsc 17896 2
hv_vmbus 34543 4 hid_hyperv,hv_netvsc,hv_utils,hv_storvsc
floppy 70365 0
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A ps -ef outputs this:
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root 217 2 0 2013 ? 00:00:00 [hv_vmbus_con]
root 218 2 0 2013 ? 00:00:00 [hv_vmbus_ctl]
root 219 2 0 2013 ? 00:00:00 [hv_vmbus_ctl]
root 220 2 0 2013 ? 00:00:00 [hv_vmbus_ctl]
root 221 2 0 2013 ? 00:00:00 [hv_vmbus_ctl]
root 222 2 0 2013 ? 00:00:00 [hv_vmbus_ctl]
root 223 2 0 2013 ? 00:00:00 [hv_vmbus_ctl]
root 224 2 0 2013 ? 00:00:00 [hv_vmbus_ctl]
root 225 2 0 2013 ? 00:00:00 [hv_vmbus_ctl]
root 226 2 0 2013 ? 00:00:00 [hv_vmbus_ctl]
root 227 2 0 2013 ? 00:00:00 [hv_vmbus_ctl]
(not the entire output, just what I think is relevant)
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When checking the registry on Server 2008 I cannot find the key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\WindowsServerBackup\Application Support\{66841CD4-6DED-4F4B-8F17-FD23F8DDC3DE}
as described how to setup in this link: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958662
From what I can gather VSS will be able to run without the need to shutdown the Ubuntu VM but the backups are not running when Windows Server Backups run?
How can I verify IF any backups of the VM have run successfully at all?
I am new to Hyper-V - but from what I can see , it seems that no VM backups are running . The normal Windows Server backups are running nightly. I would like them to run together without having to restart/ take offline/reboot the VM.
This is a production server and I need to avoid rebooting as much as possible-