I still find the documentation a bit misleading and confusing, but I appreciate your clarification that the free Hyper-V role that comes with Windows 8, Windows 8.1, or Windows 10 is not one of the supported Hyper-V platforms that Veeam Backup and Replication supports.įeature Request: Please support the Hyper-V role that comes with Windows 8, Windows 8.1, or Windows 10. My assumption was that the Microsoft Hyper-V role (which is one of the free hypervisor options that is part of Microsoft's Hyper-V virtualizaton platform) that comes built into Windows 8.x was supported. You are correct, though, that the Platform Support documentation does not list Windows 8.x as a supported hypervisor - right after the introduction that reads 'Veeam Backup & Replication provides full support for the Hyper-V virtualizaton platform.' Windows 8 host is my Hyper-V host/server, which would also be my Veeam Backup Server. I would then use Veeam Backup and Replication 8 v3 to backup the guests on my Windows 8 host. I am, however, wanting to install Veeam Backup and Replication 8 v3 on my Windows 8 host and to configure my host as a standalone Hyper-V server in my Veeam Infrastructure.
I think I could use your free (thank you) Veeam Endpoint application to backup my Windows 8 host. My host is running Windows 8 with the Hyper-V role installed. To be clear, I'm not wanting to backup the Windows 8.x OS that is running physically on my home lab host.