The uptime of a Hyper-V VM resets during backup

Summary

Backing up the drive containing a Hyper-V VM on the host will reset the virtual machine's uptime, following Hyper-V specifications.

Workaround

 To show the correct uptime after backup, restart the Hyper-V Virtual Machine Management service (VMMS).

Reference

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2981479/the-uptime-value-of-the-hyper-v-management-console-changes-to-the-resu

Target Products

– ActiveImage Protector 2016/2018 Windows

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