A native Windows desktop utility built on .NET 9 and WPF designed to simplify and automate the export and backup of Microsoft Hyper-V virtual machines from multiple hosts directly to remote SMB/UNC network storage.
What It Does
In environments managing multiple standalone Hyper-V servers or clusters, backing up or exporting virtual machines directly to network shares often runs into Kerberos double-hop limitations, permission hurdles (host computer account permissions), or complex scripting requirements. This tool provides a unified, administrator-friendly GUI to query, manage, queue, and export live or offline VMs across your entire infrastructure without manual PowerShell scripts.
Key Features
- Multi-Host Management: Connect to local and remote Hyper-V hosts via WinRM or WMI with support for both current Windows credentials (SSO) and custom domain/local credentials.
- Dynamic On-the-Fly Queue: Add virtual machines to the export queue at any time—even while another export job is currently running. Newly queued VMs are processed seamlessly according to your configured concurrency limit.
- Direct UNC Export & Double-Hop Handling:
- Direct export to network shares (UNC paths) with customizable folder patterns and timestamps.
- Built-in CredSSP support and direct WMI fallback to overcome classic WinRM Kerberos delegation restrictions.
- Optional Local Host Staging: exports to the host disk first and then copies to UNC storage (ideal for NAS units or restrictive domain environments).
- Automated Retention Policy: Automatically prune older export directories per virtual machine, keeping only the specified number of recent backups.
- Live Progress & Transfer Metrics: Real-time monitoring of active export stages, transferred data volume, transfer speed, elapsed time, and per-VM progress bars.
- Simulation (Dry-Run) Mode: Test export pipelines, folder structure generation, and network path permissions safely without executing real Hyper-V export operations.
- Integrated Activity Console: Built-in log viewer with log level filtering, copy-to-clipboard actions, and one-click file export for audit trails.
System Requirements
- Windows 10 / 11 / Windows Server 2016 or newer
- .NET 9 Desktop Runtime
- Administrative privileges (Run as Administrator or membership in
Hyper-V Administrators) - Hyper-V PowerShell module / remote WinRM enabled on target hosts