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Hyper-V: System Requirements

Deployment Planning for Microsoft Hyper-V

Deployment for the Virtual Server Agent (VSA) for Microsoft Hyper-V can include the following components:

  • The Virtual Server Agent can be installed on one or more machines, so that those machines can serve as VSA proxies. A VSA proxy manages backup and restore operations for guest VMs in your environment, eliminating the need to install agents on guest VMs.

    The Virtual Server Agent can be deployed on a standalone Hyper-V server or a node in a Hyper-V cluster. Multiple VSA proxies can provide load distribution and load balancing to improve the backup and restore performance.

  • MediaAgents can be deployed on physical machines or virtual machines to manage the transmission of data between clients and backup media.

System Requirements

For Hyper-V support, the VSA is required to be installed on a standalone Hyper-V server or on a node in the Hyper-V cluster.

The VSA can be installed on physical machines with the following operating systems:

  • Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2025 (including Server Core installations)

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2025 x64 Editions (Standard, DataCenter, and Core)

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2022 (including Core Edition)

  • Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2022 (including Core Edition)

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2019 (including Core Edition)

  • Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2019 (including Core Edition)

  • Microsoft Windows Server, version 1709 (including Core Edition)

  • Microsoft Hyper-V Server, version 1709 (including Core Edition)

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2016 (including Core Edition)

  • Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2016 (including Core Edition)

    Note

    Microsoft ended mainstream support for all versions of Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2—including Hyper-V Server 2012 and Hyper-V Server 2012 R2, and Core Editions—on October 10, 2023.

For more information, see System Requirements for Virtual Server Agent with Hyper-V.

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