Windows Server 2012 - VM operations during host backup

hello everybody,

on windows server 2012 hyper-v, cannot add iso image vm or start stopped vm while performing backup windows server backup.

i have never experienced on many 2008 r2 hyper-v servers manage. far happens on 2012 hyper-v machines have setup, doesn't matter version, have tried them all, hyper-v free, 2012 standard , datacenter...

any ideas?

hi,

i searched ms knowledge base; don’t find article mentioned windows server backup feature change related hyper-v backup.

can reproduce issue in windows server 2012 hyper-v host?

also check below service status when perform windows server backup hyper-v:

hyper-v virtual machine management service

hyper-v image management service

these 2 services control whether can operate vms, if these 2 services not running, can’t start or modify vm settings.

check , give feedback further troubleshooting.

for more information please refer following ms articles:

hyper-v: hyper-v image management service must running
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee956892(v=ws.10).aspx
hyper-v: hyper-v virtual machine management service must running
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee956894(v=ws.10).aspx
windows server backup
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc770757.aspx

hope helps!

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