Hyper-V: Virtual machines should be backed up at least once every week

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Operating System	Windows Server 2012
Product/Feature	Hyper-V
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Note: The following sections provide details about the specific issue. Italics indicates UI text that appears in the Best Practices Analyzer tool for the specific issue.

Issue

One or more virtual machines have not been backed up in the past week.

Impact

Significant data loss might occur if the virtual machine encounters a problem and a recent backup does not exist. This impacts the following virtual machines: <list of virtual machines>

Resolution

Schedule a backup of the virtual machines to run at least once a week. You can ignore this rule if this virtual machine is a replica and its primary virtual machine is being backed up, or if this is the primary virtual machine and its replica is being backed up.

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