Determine the name of a VM’s task on the vault

Each VM in a Hyper-V backup job is backed up as a separate task on the vault, and is automatically assigned a unique task name. To help you find each task on the vault, you can view the task name for each protected Hyper-V VM in Portal.

Beginning in Portal 8.89, the task name for each VM is shown on the Virtual Machines tab for a Hyper-V Agent. In previous Portal versions, the task name appeared in a tooltip if you pointed to the VM name.

Note: To determine the vault where a particular VM backup is saved, check the VM’s backup history. The vault IP address for a safeset appears in the Location field on the Backup History tab. See View a Hyper-V VM’s backup history and logs. To determine the Account, Username, and the Agent Host name for the backup on the vault, see information in the Vault Settings dialog box. See Add vault settings.

To determine the name of a VM’s task on the vault:

1. In Portal, on the navigation bar, click Computers.

   A grid lists available computers.

2. Find the Hyper-V environment with the protected VM, and expand the environment view by clicking the row.

3. Click the Virtual Machines tab.

   The Virtual Machines tab shows all protected VMs in the Hyper-V cluster or standalone host.

4. In the Current Inventory/Protected Inventory filter, click Protected Inventory.

   The Virtual Machines tab shows VMs that have been backed up and can be restored. The VM ID on Vault column shows the vault task name for each VM.