Hyper-V basic configuration

Basic configuration enables you to create shadow copies in the Hyper-V guest OS.

Hyper-V requirements
To configure the Hyper-V guest OS you must ensure that certain requirements are met.
Configuring the Host (Hyper-V) Server
Configure the host server to create shadow copies in the Hyper-V guest OS.
Configuring Volume Shadow Copy Service and Virtual Disk Service using Hyper-V
Configure the Volume Shadow Copy Service and Virtual Disk Service using the Hyper-V guest OS.
Configuring source volumes using Hyper-V
Because the Volume Shadow Copy Service and Virtual Disk Service support taking shadow copies only for volumes that are based on disks from SAN Volume Controller or DS8000®, the disks must be assigned to the guest OS by the pass-through mode.
Taking snapshots using Hyper-V
You need to configure LUNs with the same size as the source LUNs as snapshot targets in the free pool on storage.

Parent topic: Configuring Hyper-V