Hyper-V backup software for Microsoft Hyper-V

Easy & reliable backup

Back up Hyper-V VMs easily and reliably

With all the complexities involved with a virtual Hyper-V environment, it can be tricky to set up a solid backup strategy. VM Backup makes it easy to get reliable backups and replication in place for Hyper-V. Microsoft Hyper-V VSS Writer ensures that live VM backups are taken with zero downtime.

Quick and fuss-free: Take your first Hyper-V VM backup in less than 15 minutes
Enjoy super-fast performance through concurrent backups per hypervisor
Using our WAN-Optimized Replication, continuously replicate VMs to a remote site, radically improving the Recovery Time Objective (RTO)
Switch from running daily backups to a Continuous Data Protection (CDP) model, enabling you to back up as frequently as every 5 minutes, significantly improving the Recovery Point Objective (RPO)
Verify your Hyper-V backup data with automated data verification, and set your mind at rest
Compatible with
- all Guest OSs supported by Hyper-V including Linux VMs
- all applications compatible with Hyper-V VSS Writer, such as Exchange Server and SQL
Centrally monitor and manage all your VM Backup installations from a ground-breaking, cloud-based console. More info

Supports two factor authentication (2FA)

Use multiple offsite backup locations - In addition to your local backup, back up your VMs to multiple remote locations for greater peace of mind
Cloud backup to Azure, Amazon and Wasabi - You may optionally back up to a cloud storage provider like an Azure Blob storage account (the most cost-effective Azure storage option), Amazon S3 or Wasabi
Implement 3-2-1-1 backup - Keep at least three copies of your data, 2 local copies and 1 or more offsite copies, 1 of which is immutable. More info
Back up physical machines and restore them to a VM in Hyper-V with Physical Server Backup, our free P2V backup solution
Perform data clean-up operations concurrently with any other backup or restore operations

Ransomware Protection leveraging Immutable Cloud Storage

NEW: Ransomware Protection leveraging Immutable Cloud Storage

VM Backup V9 enables customers to protect their data from ransomware by leveraging Immutable Cloud Storage.

With this, backup data will be tamper-proof and cannot be modified or deleted by any user, including administrators or root users, giving you an extra layer of data protection.

Protection against ransomware attacks and rogue admins
Maintain use of augmented in-line deduplication for cost savings
Available for Azure Blob, Wasabi and Amazon S3

Best Deduplication & Fast Recovery

Performance when you need it most

Experience massive storage savings with our signature Augmented Inline Deduplication. On average, customers save 63% in backup storage, thanks to this deduplication technology. You also get much faster backups, as there is less data to transfer.

Being able to back up VMs quickly and reliably is important, but it's even more critical to be able to restore and recover them. VM Backup gives you the power and granularity you need to get your Hyper-V environment back online, fast.

VM Backup's (formerly Altaro VM Backup) unique, enhanced Augmented Inline Duplication technology:
- creates the smallest Hyper-V backups in the industry
- runs every VM backup job without the use of post-processing
- doesn't tax server performance
- Uses Variable Block Size for greater deduplication efficiency
Business continuity – With our WAN-Optimized Replication, you can seamlessly continue working from your replicated VMs should something go wrong with the live VMs
You can restore and recover your VMs with ease thanks to:
- Optimized OnePass restores, which enable fast recovery of VMs
- Instant boot from backup
- Instant recovery of individual files and restoring Exchange emails directly from a VM backup
- Ability to restore VMs to a different Hyper-V host, restore an older version or restore a clone
Supports Cluster Shared Volumes (CSV)

Optimum Hyper-V solution

Why choose VM Backup (formerly Altaro VM Backup) as your Hyper-V Backup solution?

Multi-hypervisor support

VM Backup (formerly Altaro VM Backup) supports VMware as well as Microsoft Hyper-V and Microsoft Azure Stack HCI, all from a single console. Easy.

Get started

You only need 15 minutes to get started with VM Backup. Just run the install wizard, select the hosts you'd like to back up your virtual machines to and you're ready to start your first backup.

Explore VM Backup (formerly Altaro VM Backup)

Download your 30-day trial (or Free Edition). If you'd like to learn more, sign up to one of our live product demos with live Q&A sessions or view a 10-minute demo (no registration required).

Easy to set up and configure - We understand Hyper-V inside out, so you don't have to
Backs up Hyper-V clusters in larger environments with ease
Ransomware protection by leveraging immutable backups on cloud object storage
A backup repository that optimizes disk space usage
Robust backup storage that supports large data repositories
Scalability allowing for a great number of hosts and Virtual Machines
Support for Azure Stack HCI - Back up any VMs running on Microsoft Azure Stack HCI. More info
Read Microsoft's Solution Brief on backing up VMs running on Azure Stack HCI with ease
Designed to take away the complexities of Hyper-V while giving you full control over your VM backups
Leverages Microsoft's VSS Writer to take application consistent backups of live VMs with zero downtime
Fast recovery from failures, easy and quick access to individual files and Exchange emails from your VM backups
Back up and restore VMs hosted on NTFS or ReFS partitions
Automated, scheduled backup verification for peace of mind
Archive backup versions apart from your continuous and daily backups instead of deleting them, with Grandfather-Father-Son Archiving (GFS)
Award-winning, 24/7 professional tech support