User interfaces for Hyper-V operations
You can use several user interfaces to complete Data Protection for Microsoft Hyper-V Hyper-V operations. The data mover must be installed on the Hyper-V host server or on each host in a cluster.
The following user interfaces are available for Data Protection for Microsoft Hyper-V operations:
- Data Protection for Microsoft Hyper-V Management Console
- A graphical user interface that you can use to perform daily backup management tasks, such as managing virtual machine (VM) backups, monitoring VM backups, running ad hoc backup and restore operations, and updating the configuration.
- IBM Storage Protect file restore interface
- A web-based interface that file owners or help desk personnel can use to restore one or more files from a VM backup with minimal administrator assistance. The administrator provides a URL for the file restore interface.
- Data mover
- A component, also known as the backup-archive client, that moves data to and from the IBM Storage Protect server during backup and restore
operations.
The data mover includes a command-line interface (dsmc commands) that you can use for backup, query, restore, and other operations.
- Data Protection for Microsoft Hyper-V cmdlets
- Windows PowerShell cmdlets that help you automate Data Protection for Microsoft Hyper-V operations with PowerShell scripts.
- IBM Storage Protect recovery agent
- An agent that provides virtual mount and file restore capability.
The following figures are the high-level overviews of Data Protection for Microsoft Hyper-V in the Windows Server 2016 or later and the Windows Server 2012 environments.
