Question for Veeam users

[gus6464]

How does one restore a couple Hyper-V's backed up with veeam on a brand new Hyper-V server 2012 R2 install? The standard veeam software with gui does not install on hyper-v server 2012 r2 because it's a server core install.

 

[Chiefcrowe]

good question.. so you are moving from one host to a new one right?
I don't know the answer but you should contact their support and see what they say.

and please report back, i'm curious to know how to do that as well.

 

[gus6464]

good question.. so you are moving from one host to a new one right?
I don't know the answer but you should contact their support and see what they say.

and please report back, i'm curious to know how to do that as well.

Yeah we are basically wiping the server that has our current hyper-v's in and installing hyper-v 2012 r2 and then want to restore all the vm's we had which have already been backed up with veeam.

 

[smakme7757]

*Edit*
I didn't notice you want to install Veeam on the host. I don't have Veeam installed on the host I always keep it on it's own install separate to the hosts (Actually I run it in VM).

The quickest way would be to install Veeam on an old laptop or something and do your restore. Then you can move Veeam into a VM on the hyper-V host.

The latest version of Veeam supports the Hyper-V server (core) 2012 R2.
http://www.veeam.com/kb1831

Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V and free Hyper-V Server 2012 R2 support, including support for Generation 2 virtual machines.

All you should have to do to restore is join the new Hyper-V host to the domain and add it to available hosts in Veeam. Then just restore as usual.