Take A Snapshot Using Hyper-V; Creating A Checkpoint Using Hyper-V; Restoring The Virtual Sp From A Backup; Restoring The Virtual Sp Using The Vsphere Client - HPE 3PAR StoreServ Software User's Manual

3. To capture the virtual SP's memory, click to select the Snapshot the virtual machine's memory
check box.
4. To pause running processes on the virtual SP so that file system contents are in a known consistent
state when the snapshot is taken, click to select the Quiesce guest file system check box. Make sure
that the virtual SP is powered on, then click OK.
In the Recent Tasks panel at the bottom of the vSphere Client window, you can view the list of successful
snapshots.
How frequently you take a snapshot depends on how often you need to capture data from your logs.

Take a Snapshot using Hyper-V

Taking a Snapshot on Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2012
Procedure
1. In the Server Manager application, click Roles, click Hyper-V, then click Hyper-V Manager. Expand
the Virtual Machines list.
2. Right-click the name of your virtual machine (VM), then select the Snapshot option. When you do this,
a snapshot of the VSP is created and is given an automatically generated name.
After you create a snapshot, you can view it in the Snapshots pane of the Hyper-V Manager by selecting
the VM that the snapshot is associated with. Snapshots are displayed in the Snapshots pane in the order
in which they were taken. The latest snapshot to be taken or to be applied to the VM is indicated by a
green arrow.

Creating a Checkpoint using Hyper-V

Creating a Checkpoint on Windows Server 2012 R2
Procedure
1. In the Server Manager application, click Roles, click Hyper-V, then click Hyper-V Manager. Expand
the Virtual Machines list.
2. Right-click the name of your virtual machine (VM), then select the Checkpoint option. When you do
this, a checkpoint of the VSP is created and is given an automatically generated name.

Restoring the Virtual SP from a Backup

Restoring the Virtual SP using the vSphere Client

Procedure
1. In the vSphere Client, right-click your virtual SP, point to Snapshot, then click Snapshot Manager.
2. The hierarchy that appears in the left navigation pane shows the virtual SP snapshots that have been
taken. Select the snapshot that you want to restore, then click Go to.
3. When you are prompted to revert to the snapshot that you selected, click Yes.

Restoring a Snapshot using Hyper-V

For Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2012
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