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HyperVBackup_exec.cmd: REM This is the script to perform the actual copy of the files REM Use robocopy with the source set to the expose shadow drives REM The drives are read-only, so don't try to reset the archive bit REM **TODO** Set the destination location for the backups robocopy S:\VS "F:\VS Backup" /MIR /NP /XF *. Comparing EMCopy to RoboCopy with the same number of threads, EMCopy is 25-35 faster. RoboCopy does support 128 threads on new versions of Windows 2008R2 and above. Multithreading: EMCopy supports up to 256 threads. You’ve got an unpredictable, grizzled and virtually indestructible man patrolling your streets.And we don’t mean Bob Dylan in that. delete shadows all # Use a persistent context so we can "map" a drive set context persistent # Log everything set verbose on # ***TODO*** Change this drive letter to match the location of your # VHD files add volume E: alias HyperV1 # Add additional volumes if needed #add add volume H: alias HyperV2 # Create the shadow copy create # Expose each shadowed volume as a drive # ***TODO*** Make sure the exposed drive letter is available and used # in the backup script expose %HyperV1% S: # Expose additional volumes as needed #expose %HyperV2% T: # Execute the backup script (robocopy) exec HyperVBAckup_exec.cmd # clean up the shadow copy images delete shadows all I'll just give you a few quick points of what works better with EMCopy.
#EMCOPY VS ROBOCOPY SOFTWARE#
HyperVBackup.cmd: REM Use the diskshadow command to support "live" Hyper-V backup REM though VSS diskshadow /s diskshadow_script.txt > HyperVBackup_LOG.txt REM Remove CAB files which are generated to support the exporting REM of disk shadow copies (not required here) del *.cab /Qĭiskshadow_script.txt: # Remove any existing shadow copies from crashed or errored scripts # WARNING: this will conflict with other backup software if running # at the same time.