Application-Aware Mode Requirements for Hyper-V
Product version: 11.0
Last modified: 06 February 2024
Question
What are the requirements to use application-aware mode for Hyper-V?
Answer
The application-aware mode for Hyper-V uses the Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS), so make sure it is enabled on the source VM. In Hyper-V 2016/2019 the VSS is integrated with checkpoint services, and in Hyper-V 2012 and 2012 (R2) it is not, thus NAKIVO Backup & Replication injects a runtime VSS driver into a VM to be backed up or replicated.
Note
Microsoft Hyper-V 2012 and 2012 (R2) VMs to be backed up must support Version 1 or later of the SMB protocol to allow NAKIVO Backup & Replication to inject the runtime VSS driver.
Take the following steps to enable application-aware mode.
Hyper-V 2012, 2012 (R2)
Make sure that integration services are installed and updated.
Integration services for Hyper-V 2012:
Integration services for Hyper-V 2012 (R2):
Hyper-V 2016/2019
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Go to the source VM Settings >Integration Services.
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Check all checkboxes in this section.
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Check if the integration services are running on the source VM. The services must be updated to the latest version.
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Go to the Checkpoints section.
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Choose Production checkpoints and select Create standard checkpoints if it's not possible to create a production checkpoint.
The quiescing will fail if the standard checkpoints are used. -
Make sure that a network adapter is connected to the source VM.
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Get the source VM IP address in Hyper-V Manager.
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Ping the source VM from the Hyper-V server machine.
If the ping command is successful, you're all set.
If you are planning on using Linux or FreeBSD virtual machines under Microsoft Hyper-V management, refer to the corresponding Application-Aware Mode for Linux VMs page and Microsoft Hyper-V support article.