Step 2: Choose Host/VM Machine(s)

Step 2: Choose Host/VM Machine(s)

In this section, you can select VM(s) for the new backup job,

• You can configure either a host-level backup job or can select any specific set of VMs to be backed up. Choose the entire or list of VMs you wish to backup and proceed
• You can search a specific VM/Host/Cluster easily using the search feature
• If you have chosen a host-level backup and after the completion of the initial full backup, if you have added any new VM(s) to the backed-up host, then the new VM(s) will be added to the backup job from next backup schedules

VM(s)/Disk(s) Exclusion

This option allows you to Exclude the VM(s) and the Disk(s) in a VM from the backup job. On selecting host-level backup, you might wish to exclude some specific set of VMs from getting backed up. Such VMs can be excluded using VM(s)/Disk(s) exclusion option. If you have configured multiple VM(s), then you can exclude the Disk(s) in the VM using this feature

VM Exclusion

• Click 'VM(s)/Disk(s) Exclusion' option, you will get a popup as shown below

• Choose 'Exclude VM(s)' tab
• To exclude a virtual machine from a configured host-level backup, click 'select VM' and choose the VMs to be excluded and click 'Exclude'
• Once added, save the exclusion settings

• You can add/delete a VM from the backup job’s exclusion list whenever required by editing the backup job

Disk Exclusion

• Click 'VM(s)/Disk(s) Exclusion' option, you will get a popup window as displayed below.

• Choose 'Exclude Disk(s)' tab
• Disk exclusion can be either enabled at host-level or can be configured at VM level

Host-level Disk Exclusion- This exclusion type is possible when you opt to configure the host-level backup job. Under the 'Exclude Disk(s)' tab, you will find the configured host(s) listed

• You can choose the Edit Disk Exclusion option, to assign a global disk exclusion rule for VMs under a chosen host. Edit Disk exclusion tab will have the following exclusion rules:
• No disks Excluded
• Include only System Disks for Backup. Exclude Others (typically 0:0)
• Select type of Disk to exclude

No Disks Excluded: By default, No disk Excluded option will be selected. This backs up the complete VM without excluding any disks. i.e., No disk will be excluded

Include only System Disks for Backup. Exclude Others: This option allows you to include only the System Disks Generally (0:0) (i.e) the disk that contains the machine configuration and OS files and excludes all the other disks.

Select type of Disk to exclude: This option allows you to select the type of disks to be excluded from the VM(s), such as IDE, SCSI by selecting the check-boxes and the selected disks will get excluded from the backup.

• Opting for the third option of selecting disk type will list all available disk types for VMs in Hyper-V
• User can choose the disk(s) to be excluded in each disk type

• Once done assigning disk exclusion rule, click 'Confirm' and save the exclusion settings

VM level Disk Exclusion- This exclusion type can be configured in both the host level and VM level backup job. Under the 'Exclude Disk(s)' tab, you will find the list of configured VM(s).

If it's a host-level backup job, you can assign both host-level exclusion rule as well as assign exclusion rule for individual VMs by adding VMs to be configured using Select VM(s) option.

• Choose the 'Edit Disk Exclusion' option alongside a VM to configure the disk exclusion rule for the selected VM. Edit Disk exclusion tab will have the following exclusion rules:
• No disks Excluded
• Include only System Disks for Backup. Exclude Others (typically 0:0)
• Select type of Disk to exclude

No Disks Excluded: By default, No disk Excluded option will be selected. This backs up the complete VM without excluding any disks. i.e. No disk will be excluded.

Include only System Disks for Backup. Exclude Others: This option allows you to include only the System Disks Generally (0:0) (i.e) the disk that contains the machine configuration and OS files and excludes all the other disks.

Select type of Disk to exclude: This option allows you to select the type of disks to be excluded from the VM(s), such as IDE, SCSI by selecting the check-boxes and the selected disks will get excluded from the backup.

• Opting for the third option of selecting disk type will list all available disk types for VMs in Hyper-V
• User can choose the disk(s) to be excluded in each disk type
• Once done assigning disk exclusion rule, click 'Confirm' and save the exclusion settings

• You can also add/delete a disk to/from the exclusion list, whenever required by editing the backup job