Does IDrive BMR support agentless backup for Hyper-V machines?
Since Hyper-V is a Windows machine, using IDrive BMR for backup allows you to protect all the VMs too. For a successful bare-metal restore of the Hyper-V machines, ensure that VMs are present locally on the same machine during backup.
Install the backup agent on the Hyper-V machine to add it to the IDrive BMR device and initiate backup.
To install the backup agent on the Hyper-V machine,
Download the backup agent and install it on the VM you want to backup.
You will be prompted with the following options:
Select No (recommended) if you want to automatically connect to any IDrive BMR device on your network.
Select Yes if you want to connect the VM to a specific device. Enter the IP address. This is useful when you want to connect to a specific device in a network having multiple IDrive BMR devices installed.
The IDrive BMR device detects the agent and starts full backup automatically for the first time as per global backup settings.