Data Protection for Microsoft Hyper-V

What's new for IBM Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for Microsoft Hyper-V
Read about new and changed features. Review the release notes before installing the product.
Protection for Microsoft Hyper-V virtual machines
IBM Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for Microsoft Hyper-V is a licensed product that provides storage management services for virtual machines (VMs) in a Microsoft Hyper-V environment.
Installing and upgrading Data Protection for Microsoft Hyper-V
Installation of IBM Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for Microsoft Hyper-V includes planning, installation, and upgrade tasks.
Configuring Data Protection for Microsoft Hyper-V
After successfully installing the IBM Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for Microsoft Hyper-V software, you must configure Data Protection for Microsoft Hyper-V before performing any backup and restore operations. If you want to run mount operations on guest VMs with the IBM Spectrum Protect recovery agent, you must also configure the recovery agent.
Managing data with the Data Protection for Microsoft Hyper-V Management Console
The Data Protection for Microsoft Hyper-V Management Console provides a single environment to help you manage the daily operations of Data Protection for Microsoft Hyper-V.
Getting started with file restore operations
To restore files from a web-based interface with minimal administrator assistance, the file restore interface is available for use. After the file restore feature is configured, the administrator sends the file restore URL to file owners or help desk personnel so that they can find and restore files.
Protecting in-guest applications
You can use Data Protection for Microsoft Hyper-V to protect Microsoft Exchange Server and Microsoft SQL Server that run inside guest virtual machines in a Microsoft Hyper-V environment.
Running instant access operations
You can run instant access operations to verify the integrity of a virtual machine (VM) backup or to clean up resources that are created by instant access operations.
Protecting virtual machines by using Windows PowerShell cmdlets
You can run Data Protection for Microsoft Hyper-V operations by using Microsoft Windows PowerShell cmdlets (Version 3.0 or later).
Command reference
The following sections contain detailed information about the client commands that are used for IBM Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for Microsoft Hyper-V operations.
Options reference
The following sections contain detailed information about each of the client options that are used for IBM Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for Microsoft Hyper-V operations.
Mount and file restore
The IBM Spectrum Protect recovery agent enables the mounting of any snapshot volume from the IBM Spectrum Protect™ server. You can use the iSCSI protocol to access the snapshot from a remote computer for file restore operations.
IBM Spectrum Protect recovery agent commands
Optimizing performance
Client options are used with commands to control Data Protection for Microsoft Hyper-V operations. Learn about options and parameters that can help you to tune the performance in your environment.
Troubleshooting
Solutions to Data Protection for Microsoft Hyper-V issues are provided.
Data Protection for Microsoft Hyper-V messages
Explanations and suggested actions are provided for messages that are issued by Data Protection for Microsoft Hyper-V.