Best practices in a protected Hyper-V environment

For best performance, consider the following best practices for a Hyper-V environment that is protected by the Hyper-V Agent:

• Enable the CSV Cache. In a failover cluster, enabling the CSV cache can improve Hyper-V Agent backup performance. Microsoft recommends enabling the CSV cache for read-intensive workloads. Search online for the following Microsoft documentation: Use Cluster Shared Volumes in a Failover Cluster

  The CSV cache is enabled by default. To check that CSV cache is enabled, run the following PowerShell command:

  Get-ClusterSharedVolume "csvName" | Get-ClusterParameter EnableBlockCache

• Use VHDX format for virtual disks instead of VHD format. On Windows Server 2016 or later, Hyper-V Agent 9.4 does not back up VMs with disks in VHD format.