Limitations to HyperBack tasks for Hyper-V cluster environment

Summary

When installing ActiveImage Protector 2022 on one of Hyper-V cluster-configured nodes and creating HyperBack tasks for clustered Hyper-V virtual machines, if a virtual machine disk moves to a different node as failover takes place, please be aware of the following restrictions.

Creating HyperBack tasks for four virtual machines in this situation successfully completes.

When failover takes place, the task created for a green-checked virtual machine successfully completes.

Workaround

1) Newly create a virtual machine for HyperAgent
Install ActiveImage Protector by using HyperAgent key and configure the settings for HyperBack

2) Install ActiveImage Protector on an existing virtual machine
Install AIP by using HyperAgent key and configure HyperBack settings.

3) Install ActiveImage Protector on a machine on a node other than Hyper-V cluster-configured nodes.
Install AIP by using HyperAgent key and configure HyperBack settings.

4) Install ActiveImage Protector on the respective virtual machines
Create scheduled backup tasks for the respective virtual machines.

Target Product

- ActiveImage Protector 2022