Hyper-V basic configuration

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

Basic configuration includes:

Hyper-V requirements
The following requirements must be met to configure the Hyper-V guest OS.
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