Connect Hyper-V to Vinchin

Add Hyper-V Virtual platform

To connect Hyper-V to Vinchin, follow the steps below.

1. Go to Resources > Virtual Infrastructure > Virtual Platform page.
2. Click on Add button.
3. In the Platform dropdown list, select Microsoft Hyper-V.
4. In the Type dropdown list select the deployment type of your Hyper-V.
5. In the IP/Domain field, enter the SCVMM server IP if your Hyper-V virtual platform is managed by a SCVMM management server; enter the cluster IP if your Hyper-V virtual platform is deployed as Failover Cluster; enter the IP address of the Hyper-V server or Windows Server with Hyper-V Role, if it's a standalone deployment.
6. In the Username field, enter the domain user with administrator permissions of the SCVMM server and all other hosts if your Hyper-V virtual platform is managed by a SCVMM management server; enter the domain user with local administrator permissions of all clustered hosts if it's a failover clustering environment; enter the administrator username if it's a standalone deployment.
7. In the Password field enter the corresponding password of the username you specified above.
8. In the Name field, specify a custom name for this newly added virtual infrastructure.
9. Click on OK to add the Hyper-V virtual platform.

Notice

Please make sure Vinchin backup server can access the Hyper-V virtual platform on port 29200 and 29201, otherwise you will not be able to add virtual platform or perform VM backup.

Get Hyper-V Virtual platform Licensed for Backup

Once you have successfully added the Hyper-V virtual platform to Vinchin backup server, in the Virtual Platform List, the Hyper-V virtual platform will be listed.

If your license type is "Per CPU Sockets", the Hyper-V virtual platform will be Unlicensed state, at this moment you are unable to create any backup job for the Hyper-V VMs.

To get the Hyper-V virtual platform licensed for backup, please do as follows.

1. Click on the License button.
2. In the Host Licensing dialog, select all hosts of the Hyper-V virtual platform.
3. Click on License button to get the Hyper-V hosts licensed for VM backup.

Once the Hyper-V virtual platform gets licensed, you are now able to create backup jobs for the Hyper-V VMs.