User guide

152 | Protecting Workstations and Servers
Performing a Continuous (Virtual Standby) Hyper-V Export
You can choose to perform a continuous export for Hyper-V. Complete the steps in
this procedure to perform a continuous export.
To perform a one-time Hyper-V export
1. In the AppAssure 5 Core Console, click the Machines tab.
2. In the list of protected machines, select the machine or cluster with the recovery
point that you want to export.
3. In the Actions drop-down menu for that machine, click Export, and then select
Hyper-V Export.
The Select Export Type dialog box displays.
4. In the Select Export Type dialog box, click Continuous (Virtual Standby).
5. Click Next.
The Hyper-V dialog box displays.
6. Click the Use local machine option perform the Hyper-V export to a local
machine with the Hyper-V role assigned.
7. Click the Remote host option to indicate that the Hyper-V server is located on a
remote machine.
 If you selected the Remote host option, enter the parameters for the remote host
as described in the following table.
8. In the Export Volumes tab, select which volumes to export; for example, C:\.
Text Box Description
Hyper-V Host Name Enter an IP address or host name for the Hyper-V server. It
represents the IP address or host name of the remote Hyper-V
server.
Port Enter a port number for the machine. It represents the port through
which the Core communicates with this machine.
User name Enter the user name for the user with administrative privileges for
the workstation with the Hyper-V server. It is used to specify the
logon credentials for the virtual machine.
Password Enter the password for the user account with administrative
privileges on the workstation with Hyper-V server. It is used to
specify the logon credentials for the virtual machine.
VM Machine Location Enter the path for the virtual machine; for example, D:\export. It is
used to identify the location of the virtual machine.
NOTE: Specify the virtual machine location for both local and remote
Hyper-V servers. The path should be a valid local path for the Hyper-V
server. Non-existent directories are automatically created. You should
not attempt to create them manually. Export to shared folders, for
example, \\data\share is not permitted.