
Resulted virtual containers can be stored on a local disk (mounted/unmounted), a mapped network share, or by UNC path. If using pVHD – there will be available additional options like high-level compression, encryption, or image splitting. If using VHD/VHDX as target backup format, you can attach the resulted backup image to an existing virtual machine of Hyper-V and OS will be launched successfully. Hyper-V guest machines can be backed up directly to pVHD, VMDK, VHD, or VHDX virtual containers.

External hosts with their guest machines are not supported, please use Paragon’s Protect & Restore to accomplish this type of scenarios. The current version can only protect entire virtual machines (online or offline) registered on a local Hyper-V host, where our product is deployed. Thus our solution doesn’t need an agent on a target virtual machine to create its point-in-time copy including its configuration, operating system, apps, etc.

Unlike traditional backup tools designed to work with physical machines, our product can operate at the virtualization layer, employing MS VSS (Volume Shadow Copy Service) to agentlessly backup/restore any guest machine of Hyper-V.
