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Protecting Hyper-V virtual machines at the asset level

In most cases, Unitrends recommends that you use host-level backups to protect your Hyper-V virtual machines. However, in some instances, you might wish to protect your VMs at the guest level in the same way you would protect physical machines, using asset-level backups. Host- and asset-level backups provide you with different options.

Use the following topics to determine whether to run host- or asset-level backups of Hyper-V virtual machines: