Backup HyperV VMs - incremental backup

Hello,
We are using Windows Server Backup to backup some HyperV VMs. Can we create an incremental backup schedule for VMs? Every night a full backup is being taken.
DPM is not an option in our environment.
Best regards
Kostas
Kostas Backas-Systemgraph Technologies

Hi Kostas,
Sorry for the delay.
After the first full backup is created, you can configure Windows Server Backup to automatically run incremental backups by saving only the data that has changed since the last backup. Even if you choose to always perform full backups, your backup will take
less time than it did in earlier versions of Windows.
For more detailed information, you could refer to the article below:
Optimizing Backup and Server Performance
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd759145.aspx
If you restore a whole VM, you will have to restore a full backup of it.
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