Executing Hyper-V backups

Backups for Hyper-V virtual machines can either be executed immediately or scheduled at a desired frequency. Immediate backups occur only one time and are executed as soon as possible. Scheduled backups are more typical – you create a calendar-based schedule which specifies when Hyper-V virtual machine backups occur. When scheduling backups, you must create a separate backup schedule for each server and each cluster.

For instructions on executing backups, see the following topics: