Running an ad hoc backup of a virtual machine

When you start an ad hoc backup of a virtual machine (VM), the backup operation begins immediately without waiting for a schedule to run.

1. Start the Data Protection for Microsoft Hyper-V Management Console.
2. In the navigation pane, click a host or cluster.
3. In the VM table in the Virtual Machines view, click a VM. For example, click a VM whose data protection status is At Risk.
4. Click Backup in the VM section of the Actions pane.
5. Complete the following fields in the Ad Hoc Backup window:

   Option	Description
   Backup Type	Select the type of backup to run: Incremental Backs up the blocks that changed since the previous backup (full or incremental). The most recent incremental backup is appended to the previous backup. If a full backup does not exist for this VM, a full backup is automatically performed. As a result, you do not have to verify that a full backup exists. Full Backs up a snapshot of an entire VM. After the full backup is completed, you do not have to make additional full backups.
   Data Consistency	Available only for Hyper-V hosts or clusters on Windows Server 2016 operating systems. Select the type of snapshot and retry attempts that are used during backup operations: Always application consistent Attempts two quiesced snapshots to create application-consistent backups before failing the backup. Attempt application consistent Attempts one quiesced snapshot and as a final attempt, a non-quiesced, machine-consistent snapshot. Machine consistent only Attempts only a non-quiesced snapshot for VMs that can never complete a quiesced snapshot.
   Disk Protection	Select the VM disks to include in backups. The disks are identified by the disk numbers. You can back up all disks in the VM, back up only disk 1, or back up all disks except for disk 1. Disk 1 usually contains the operating system.

6. To start the backup operation and close the window, click Backup.