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A slider menu will appear.</li> <li>Under the Hyper-V Backup section, click 'Backup'.</li> <li>Click 'Hyper-V'. The Hyper-V backup/restore console appears. By default, 'Hyper-V backup' is selected.<div class="center"> <img src="https://static.idriveonlinebackup.com/include/images/hyperv-main-banner_new310724.png"></li> <li>Select 'Online Backup', or 'Local Backup', or 'IDrive Express™ Backup'. <p><b>Note:</b> On selecting 'Online Backup', the data will be stored on the IDrive cloud whereas on selecting 'Local Backup' or 'IDrive Express™ Backup' the data will be stored in the local drive.</p> </li> <li>Select the virtual machine(s) from the list which appears and specify the temporary path for local backup. <p><b>Note: </b> Once the local backup is initiated, '.ServerBackup' folder is auto-created.</p></li> <li>Click 'Schedule Now'. <div class="center"><img src="https://static.idriveonlinebackup.com/include/images/ide-hv-schedule-mappedui_exch310724.png"></div></li> <li>The 'Scheduler' is displayed. 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