HP 3PAR Recovery Manager 1.1.0 Software for Microsoft Hyper-V User Guide (QL226-96343, June 2013)

Features of Recovery Manager Software for Microsoft Hyper-V
HP 3PAR Recovery Manager for Microsoft Hyper-V can be installed on any client and used for
automation. The software managing features include:
• Creating application consistent Virtual Copies of Microsoft Hyper-V environment
Access to PowerShell Commandlet (Cmdlet) and Web GUI◦
◦ Use of Hyper-V host as standalone host name or Hyper-V cluster name
◦ Set Virtual Copies with retention and expiry values at the time of creation
• Managing policy-base Virtual Copy lifecycle
• Accessing web graphical user interface (GUI)
Browse to get a list of Virtual Copies grouped by Virtual Machines and Hyper-V host◦
◦ Create new Virtual Copy of a Virtual Machine(s)
◦ Restore from a Virtual Copy; mount/unmount a Virtual Copy volume to any Hyper-V host
with installed agent.
◦ Administrative capabilities such as installing and monitoring RMH Agent
• Accessing Powershell Cmdlet-based RMH Command Line Interface (CLI)
◦ Virtual Copy commands include analyze, create, remove, mount, unmount, restore, and
show
• Policy commands include creation and show
• Connectivity commands include logging on and off of Hyper-V and multiple StoreServs and
showing current connections
Additional details of the new features for the software are included in the following table:
Table 1 Features Included in Recovery Manager for Microsoft Hyper-V
DescriptionFeature
Creates VSS aware application consistent backup of Virtual
Machine (VM)
Application Consistent Virtual Copy
Supports VMs deployed on Cluster Shared VolumesHyper-V Clusters with Cluster Shared Volumes
Supports VMs deployed on standalone Hyper-V hostsHyper-V Standalone Hosts
Restores complete VM including its metadata and virtual
hard disks from a VSS aware backup
Full VM Restore (VSS-Aware Restore)
Provides browser based GUI to display and manage
mapping details of VCs, VMs, and VVs
RMH Browser Client
Saves storage system (HP 3PAR StoreServ) credentials in
centralized database and streamlines usability
HP 3PAR StoreServ Credentials Management
Offers tools to administrate RMH Server and agentsAdministrative Tool GUI
Provides ability to install RMH agent from remote locationRemote Agent Installation
Types of User Interface
Recovery Manager for Microsoft Hyper-V supports both GUI and command line application
interfaces to manage Virtual Machines and data.
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