10.1. Backup and Recovery of the VMM Server
Almost the entire state of Virtual Machine Manager resides in the SQL database that is configured for VMM. A few configuration options are defined in the Registry, but either those options can be reentered at any point or VMM server setup will correct them. Such Registry configuration options include the ports used by VMM components and are defined under the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager Server\Settings Registry key.
In the following sections, we will go through the different processes and procedures for backing up Virtual Machine Manager and the VMM database. Your virtualization protection plan should include the VMM server, virtualization hosts, ...
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