Hi,

I understand DPM uses checkpoints to backup Hyper-V virtual machines.

We have seen a few instances whereby the AVHD files that are created at the time DPM backs up the VM are not being deleted on the CSV disk.

There are no checkpoints associated with the virtual machine in Hyper-V settings.

We did delete one of these AVHD files on a non-production system and it was successful, the AVHD files are not being used by the virtual machine.

Is it safe to delete these AVHD files? Anyone experienced anything si

Hi

Could you please let su know if you have acrried out any ILR operations?

When you recover a VHD of a virtual machine that has Hyper-V snapshots, .avhd files are not displayed in the Recoverable Items pane, but DPM recovers the parent VHD and all the associated .avhd files.

Just want to confirm that these avhd files are not coresponding to recovery process.

I can confirm we have not carried out any ILR operations and the AVHDs do not correspond to any recovery process that we can see.