Before You Begin

Before you add a Microsoft Hyper-V server to the backup infrastructure, check the following prerequisites:

• Check permissions required to add the server. For more information, see Permissions.
• Make sure that you do not add to the backup infrastructure Hyper-V hosts or clusters managed by an SCVMM server if this SCVMM server is already added to the backup infrastructure.

• File and printer sharing must be enabled in network connection settings of the added Microsoft Hyper-V host. Otherwise, Veeam Backup & Replication will fail to deploy required components.
• Make sure that the NETBIOS name of the Microsoft Hyper-V Server is successfully resolved.
• If you get the "Invalid Credentials" error when adding a Hyper-V host using a local account, see this Veeam KB article.
• Veeam Backup & Replication ignores the SCVMM maintenance mode on Hyper-V hosts and Hyper-V cluster nodes. That is, Veeam Backup & Replication continues all data protection activities and allows launching new ones.