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Windows Server 2016 support

BackupAssist 10 introduces support for two new Windows Server Hyper-V 2016 features: Nested Virtualization and Shielded VMs.

Nested Virtualization

Allows you to run a Hyper-V Server on a virtual machine that is itself running on a Hyper-V Server. BackupAssist can back up, restore and recover a nested VM as long as BackupAssist is installed on that VMs Hyper-V Server.

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If BackupAssist is installed on a Hyper-V Server with nested VMs, it can perform the following functions for those VMs:

  • Create backups of data and VSS applications, including application-consistent backups
  • Perform restores, including Exchange Granular Restores and Hyper-V Granular Restores
  • Perform recoveries, including Full VM Recoveries and Rapid VM Recoveries of VMs belonging to the Hyper-V Server that BackupAssist is installed on.

Note: BackupAssist cannot see VMs running on the VMs of the host it is installed on, and therefore cannot perform backups, restores and recoveries of those VMs. BackupAssist needs to be installed onto each Hyper-V Server that has the nested VMs that you want BackupAssist to protect.

Shielded VMs

Allows you to restrict access to Hyper-V guests so that they cannot be accessed by Hyper-V administrators. This means administrators cannot access a Shielded VMs contents, change its settings or copy or move it, unless the administrator has explicit permission to do so, and does so by authenticating through the Shielded VM.

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BackupAssist can make backups of Shielded VMs, including application-consistent backups of Hyper-V servers, Exchange servers and SQL servers running on the Shielded VM.

Considerations:

  • BackupAssist can perform a Full VM Recovery of a Shielded VM.
  • BackupAssist can NOT perform a Rapid VM Recovery of a Shielded VM.
  • Shielded VMs must be recovered to their original host or host cluster.
  • Due to the nature of Shielded VM protection, BackupAssist can NOT perform granular restores of data from a VM, including granular Hyper-V and Exchange restores. You can only recover the entire VM.
  • When you recover a Shielded VM, it will be recovered with its shielded protection and configurations intact.
  • BackupAssist's Hyper-V tab will show a Shielded VM's icon as a VM with a shield symbol.