DPM protects Hyper-V VMs that use Storage Spaces Direct, including the backup of VMs using Storage Spaces Direct hyper-converged scenarios with the Hyper-V (compute) and Storage Spaces Direct (storage) components on the same cluster.
To protect VMs on SOFS clusters, there are some considerations that you need to be aware of, such as adding the machine accounts to the backup operator groups and share permissions.
To add the machine accounts to the backup operator groups, run the following steps on each node in the SOFS cluster:
- Open the Command Prompt window, and type lusrmgr.msc to open Local Users and Groups.
- In the Local Users and Groups dialog, click Groups. In the list of groups, right-click Backup Operators and select ...
