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VM Transport Mode for Hyper-V backups

  • June 26, 2025
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We are planning to migrate from VMware to Hyper-V platform. In VMware we have the option to choose transport mode on the sub-client level but in Hyper-V i don’t see this option. We have approx. 1000 VMs to backup after migration. In VMware we have kept dedicated VSA proxies to associate with particular ESX host for Hot Add backups. Could we do similar set up for Hyper-V, instead of using Hyper-V node as a proxy use bunch of VMs acting as VSA proxy which will be associated to particular Hyper-V node for Hot Add backups. 

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CV_GK
Vaulter
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  • Vaulter
  • June 26, 2025

sbhatia
Vaulter
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  • Vaulter
  • June 27, 2025

You cannot configure Hyper-V backups in Commvault to use dedicated VSA proxy VMs in the same way as VMware’s HotAdd transport mode.

  • In Hyper-V environments, the Hyper-V nodes themselves act as VSA proxies for backup and restore operations.

  • You cannot deploy separate VSA proxy VMs and assign them to handle backup traffic for specific Hyper-V hosts, as is possible with VMware HotAdd

  • All available Hyper-V nodes in the cluster are displayed as potential proxies during backup/restore configuration, and Commvault automatically selects the node based on resource availability and VM location