Virtual Machine Backup On Hyper-V Windows Server Core Edition

The following commands are available:

• list. Lists files or versions backed up to cloud storage.
• addHyperVPlan. Creates a new backup plan for Hyper-V machines to cloud storage.
• editHyperVPlan. Edits an existing Hyper-V plan.
• listHyperVMachines. Displays a list of local Hyper-V machines.
• addRestoreHVPlan. Creates a new plan to restore Hyper-V backups.

List Command Parameters

• -a. Account name.
• -f(-file). Backup file.
• -d(-directory). Backup directory.
• -r(-root). Backup storage root.
• -p(-prefix). Performs listing with the specified backup prefix.
• -hyperV(-hv). Lists backed-up Hyper-V virtual machines.
• -VMware(-vm). Lists backed-up VMware virtual machines.
• -output. Output format. Available values: short, full(default)
• -mp. Master password. This parameter must be specified if the application is protected by a master password.
• -?(?,/?,help,man). Displays help.

Example

list -a "\\Buffalo\share\" -hv
CloudBerry Backup Desktop Edition Command Line Interface started
Connection settings are OK
Hyper-V host     HERMES.dev.cbl.corp
Machines:
        Windows2008Clean
Hyper-V host     QACLUSTER3.QA.local
Machines:
        DOS 6.22 (v5.0)
				DOS 6.22 (v8.0)
				Ubuntu 14 (v.5.0)
				Windows Server 2003 (v.5.0)
				Windows Server 2012 (v5.0)
				Windows Server 2012 (v8.0)

listHyperVMachines Command Parameters

• -output. Output format. Possible values: short, full(default)
• -?(?,/?,help,man). Displays command help.

listHyperVMachines  -output full
CloudBerry Backup Desktop Edition Command Line Interface started
        Name        Windows Server 2012
        Power State PoweredOff
        Name        Ubuntu 19.04
Power State PoweredOff

listHyperVMachines  -output short
Windows Server 2012
Ubuntu 19.04

addHyperVPlan Command Parameters

To create a Hyper-V backup plan, use the addHyperVPlan command.

Add backup HyperV plan command Help:

addHyperVPlan  -n planName  <-a accountName | -aid accountID>   <-all | -r | {-v machineName}> ]  [-ea [AES128-256] -ep password] [-every [day, week, month, dayofmonth]][-at specificDateTime] [-day [1..31]] [-weekday listOfWeekDays] [-weeknumber weeknumber]  [-repeatEvery repeatPeriod -repeatStartDate startDate]] [-everyForceFull [day, week, month, dayofmonth]][-atForceFull specificDateTime] [-dayForceFull [1..31]] [-weekdayForceFull listOfWeekDays] [-weeknumberForceFull weeknumber] [-repeatEveryForceFull repeatPeriod -repeatStartDateForceFull startDate]] [-sp [yes | no]] [-df days] [-preAction "command" -pac [yes | no]] [-postAction "command" -paa [yes | no]] [[-notification [errorOnly | on | off]]][-winLog [errorOnly | on | off]][-keepLastVersion [yes | no]][-keep [all | number]][-delayPurge [no | 1d(day) | 1w(week) | 1m(month)]][-purgeByDefault [yes | no]][-purge [no | 1d(day) | 1w(week) | 1m(month)]] 
    - all. Back up all virtual machines
    -r. Back up only running virtual machines
    -v. Back up only selected virtual machines.

Example

addHyperVPlan** -aid decd1b88-ad49-4b0d-a620-39c187e7045e -n "HyperV from CLI" -r
editHyperVPlan** -n "HyperV from CLI" -v "Windows 7x64manual" -v "debug VM"

Note that if you need to list selected virtual machines for a backup plan, you have to list each of them with a separate **-v** parameter (i.e.: **-v "Windows7" -v "Server12" -v "Server14"**)

Create a Hyper-V Restore Plan

To create a Hyper-V restore plan, use the addRestoreHVPlan command.

Add restore Hyper-V plan command Help:

addHVRestorePlan  -n planName [-cloneplan] <-a accountName | -aid accountID> <-host host name> <-machine machine name>  [-ep password] [-every [day, week, month, dayofmonth]][-at specificDateTime] [-day [1..31]] [-weekday listOfWeekDays] [-repeatEvery repeatPeriod -repeatStartDate startDate]] [-rt <LatestVersion | PointInTime> -rpt specificDateTime] [-preAction "command" -pac [yes | no]] [-postAction "command" -paa [yes | no]] -vdf virtualDiskFolder>

    -host(-h) Hyper-V host
    -machine(-m) Hyper-V machine name