PREPARATION / DEPLOYMENT / CONFIGURATION / ADMINISTRATION

HYCU BACKUP
ULTIMATE GUIDE
It's a constant concern for IT teams: Is my data protected?

To answer this question, I decided to write a comprehensive guide on the HYCU Backup tool.

In this guide, you'll find the complete steps for deploying the virtual appliance, adding your source clusters, adding your backup targets, creating your backup plans, and restoring your data.

Happy reading!
Tuesday 11 February 2025 Julien D. No comments
HYCU stands out as a backup solution specifically designed for hyperconverged environments, particularly Nutanix.
Thursday 13 February 2025 Julien D. No comments
Prerequisites to back up a Nutanix cluster with HYCU: my CE 2.1 lab and Synology NAS, AOS and OS compatibility, and getting the images onto the cluster.
Tuesday 18 February 2025 Julien D. No comments
Today, I will present you the method of deploying the HYCU backup solution on my Nutanix AHV cluster.
Friday 21 February 2025 Julien D. No comments
In the previous blog post, I created and started the HYCU virtual machine. Now let's move on to the initial configuration of the Backup Controller.
Tuesday 25 February 2025 Julien D. No comments
Adding a Nutanix cluster to HYCU: a service account with Cluster Admin and Backup Admin on Prism Element, Prism Central if needed, then validation.
Friday 28 February 2025 Julien D. No comments
Now that the Nutanix cluster is added to the HYCU software, we need to add the backup target to which the files will be sent.
Tuesday 4 March 2025 Julien D. No comments
HYCU being a backup software monitored and supported by the publisher, updates will have to be installed regularly.
Friday 7 March 2025 Julien D. No comments
Now that our HYCU controller is configured and up to date, we now need to protect our virtual machines…
Thursday 13 March 2025 Julien D. 1 Comment
Protecting Nutanix VMs with HYCU: assign a backup policy manually, then automate protection with Nutanix categories.
Tuesday 18 March 2025 Julien D. No comments
I accidentally deleted one of the virtual machines in my cluster. Luckily, I can restore it with HYCU!
Tuesday 25 March 2025 Julien D. No comments
HYCU Backup upgrade path table from 4.0.0 to 5.1.0: the intermediate versions you must go through to upgrade the controller.