The following table outlines the process of recovering a protected Hyper-V environment when one or more of the following components are lost:
•Hyper-V Agent Management service
Note: You do not need to recover settings separately for a Host service that is lost or becomes unavailable. Host services upload their settings and logs to the Management service. When you register a Host service to a Management service, the Host service obtains its settings from the Management service.
•Hyper-V cluster or standalone host
•Portal
IMPORTANT: Configuration data, vault, and job information for the Hyper-V Agent is saved in the Portal database. To ensure that the Portal and a Hyper-V environment can be fully restored if the Portal is lost, the Portal database must be backed up. For more information, see the Portal Installation and Configuration Guide.
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Component Lost |
Recovery Process | ||
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Hyper-V Agent Management service |
Hyper-V environment (cluster or standalone) |
Portal | |
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Install the Hyper-V Agent Management service, and recover configuration information and jobs from the offline Hyper-V Agent. See Recover jobs and settings from an offline Hyper-V Agent. |
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✓ |
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1. Rebuild the lost Hyper-V cluster or standalone host (i.e., Windows server with Hyper-V role). 2. Install the Hyper-V Agent Management service, and recover configuration information and jobs from the offline Hyper-V Agent. Enter information for the new Hyper-V environment (rebuilt in Step 1) on the Cluster Credentials tab. See Recover jobs and settings from an offline Hyper-V Agent. 3. Install the Hyper-V Agent Host service on each host, and register it to the Management service. See Install the Hyper-V Agent Host service. 4. Restore VMs. See Restore Hyper-V VMs. |
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✓ |
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1. Restore the Portal and its protected database. See the Portal Installation and Administration Guide. 2. Rebuild the lost Hyper-V cluster or standalone host (i.e., Windows server with Hyper-V role). 3. Install the Hyper-V Agent Management service, and recover configuration information and jobs from the offline Hyper-V Agent. Enter information for the new Hyper-V environment (rebuilt in Step 1) on the Cluster Credentials tab. See Recover jobs and settings from an offline Hyper-V Agent. 4. Install the Hyper-V Agent Host service on each host, and register it to the Management service. See Install the Hyper-V Agent Host service. 5. Restore VMs. See Restore Hyper-V VMs. |