Comments on: Standard and Production Checkpoints in Hyper-V 2016 https://www.altaro.com/hyper-v/standard-production-checkpoints-hyper-v/ Hyper-V guides, how-tos, tips, and expert advice for system admins and IT professionals Wed, 31 Mar 2021 06:26:34 +0000 hourly 1 By: STEFANO https://www.altaro.com/hyper-v/standard-production-checkpoints-hyper-v/#comment-3898 Tue, 23 Mar 2021 12:15:00 +0000 http://www.altaro.com/hyper-v/?p=11231#comment-3898 Very useful, thank you

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By: Robin Majumdar https://www.altaro.com/hyper-v/standard-production-checkpoints-hyper-v/#comment-3172 Mon, 18 Feb 2019 22:40:00 +0000 http://www.altaro.com/hyper-v/?p=11231#comment-3172 Excellent article – thanks very much for sharing.

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By: Stephen S https://www.altaro.com/hyper-v/standard-production-checkpoints-hyper-v/#comment-3109 Fri, 04 Jan 2019 01:17:00 +0000 http://www.altaro.com/hyper-v/?p=11231#comment-3109 You can run the following from CMD line and it will display any active checkpoints are Production or Standard (since Get-VMSnapshot does not detail this):

C:WindowsSystem32WindowsPowerShellv1.0powershell.exe -Command “(get-vm * | where-Object {$_.CheckpointType -ne ‘Disabled’ -and $_.ParentCheckpointName -ne $null} | fl VMName, CheckpointType)”

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By: Eric Siron https://www.altaro.com/hyper-v/standard-production-checkpoints-hyper-v/#comment-2843 Fri, 13 Apr 2018 02:24:00 +0000 http://www.altaro.com/hyper-v/?p=11231#comment-2843 In reply to Tim Merrill.

Thanks for the feedback! Good luck on your exams!

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By: Tim Merrill https://www.altaro.com/hyper-v/standard-production-checkpoints-hyper-v/#comment-2842 Thu, 12 Apr 2018 18:28:00 +0000 http://www.altaro.com/hyper-v/?p=11231#comment-2842 I’m preparing for 2016 Server MCSA and time and time again I come across your articles. They provide so much insight into the technologies that I need to understand, so I just wanted to take a moment to thank you for your excellent contributions to the online knowledge pool.

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By: Andres Rincon https://www.altaro.com/hyper-v/standard-production-checkpoints-hyper-v/#comment-2638 Fri, 20 Oct 2017 13:37:00 +0000 http://www.altaro.com/hyper-v/?p=11231#comment-2638 Congratulations Eric, this is an amazing article.

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By: Eric Siron https://www.altaro.com/hyper-v/standard-production-checkpoints-hyper-v/#comment-2511 Fri, 27 Jan 2017 13:48:00 +0000 http://www.altaro.com/hyper-v/?p=11231#comment-2511 In reply to Alan.

That’s a great question and, in hindsight, probably something that I should have included in the article.
Products that utilize Hyper-V’s VSS writer (including Altaro VM Backup) are going to cause a special type of checkpoint to be created when taking backups. The purpose of that feature is to replace the VSS’s snapshot functionality with something that is better suited to Hyper-V. A backup checkpoint is neither a standard nor a production checkpoint, although it is most similar to the production checkpoint type. Its mechanisms will allow a safe capture of the state of your domain controllers. You don’t need to worry or change anything in your process at all.

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By: Eric Siron https://www.altaro.com/hyper-v/standard-production-checkpoints-hyper-v/#comment-2509 Fri, 27 Jan 2017 13:42:00 +0000 http://www.altaro.com/hyper-v/?p=11231#comment-2509 In reply to Juri.

I need to reword some of that section, I think. I meant guest cluster members.

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By: Eric Siron https://www.altaro.com/hyper-v/standard-production-checkpoints-hyper-v/#comment-2510 Fri, 27 Jan 2017 13:42:00 +0000 http://www.altaro.com/hyper-v/?p=11231#comment-2510 In reply to Juri.

Not deleted, just got shifted to the moderation queue. Not sure why, since you’re a regular. It’s approved now.

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By: Alan https://www.altaro.com/hyper-v/standard-production-checkpoints-hyper-v/#comment-2508 Fri, 27 Jan 2017 09:22:00 +0000 http://www.altaro.com/hyper-v/?p=11231#comment-2508 In your article you mention not using checkpoints on Domain controllers where there are more than one domain controller, I currently use the Altaro VM backup software and this I believe uses checkpoints, should I not be backing these up these domain controllers this way or is there something I should change on the Altaro backup?

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