Adding Microsoft Hyper-V Servers

To add Microsoft Hyper-V servers to the product, follow the steps below:

  1. In the main menu, click Settings.

  2. Go to the Inventory page and click +.

  3. On the Platform page, select Virtual and then click Next to proceed.

  4. On the Type page, select Microsoft Hyper-V host or cluster and then click Next to proceed.

  5. The Options page opens. Fill out the fields as follows:

    • Display name: Enter a name for the host. This name will be displayed in the Inventory.

    • Type: Select whether you want to add a standalone Microsoft Hyper-V server or a cluster.

      For Hyper-V Failover Clusters, it's enough to add any cluster member by an IP address or domain name. The list of cluster members will be retrieved automatically.

    • Hostname or IP: Specify the hostname or IP address of the Microsoft Hyper-V server.

    • Username and Password: Specify the credentials of the Microsoft Hyper-V server that you want to add to the Inventory.

      The credentials you specify should have full administrative privileges to the Hyper-V server.

    • WS MAN port: Specify the port number for WS MAN.

  6. Click Finish.

After the process has completed successfully, you can exit Settings and create jobs with the newly discovered VMs.

Notes

  • When adding a new Microsoft Hyper-V server to the Inventory, NAKIVO Backup & Replication automatically installs the Transporter service onto the server. This service is used to read data from source VMs during backup and replication.

  • Multiple Directors are not supported. If you add the same Microsoft Hyper-V host to the Inventory of an additional NAKIVO Backup & Replication instance, Transporter installation fails.

  • If the Hyper-V hosts or cluster has an already installed Transporter, that Transporter is used to discover and manage the Hyper-V hosts or cluster.

  • Physical machine agents already installed on any selected Hyper-V hosts or cluster nodes can be upgraded to Universal Transporters that can be used to manage tape devices and discover and back up Hyper-V VMs, Oracle databases, and physical servers located on the same host.