How to verify if backups are set up and running on Hyper-V with Ubuntu 12.04 on vm ?

Question

I have Windows Server 2008 R2 with Hyper-V installed and Ubuntu 12.04 running on a VM.
I would like to be able to verify if Windows Server Backups are in fact backing up the Ubuntu VM.
From within Hyper-V Manager no snapshots appear for the VM.
I have done a lsmod on Ubuntu to verify if LIS is installed , this is the output:
Module                  Size  Used by
vesafb                 13844  1
joydev                 17693  0
hid_hyperv             13164  0
hid                    99559  1 hid_hyperv
mac_hid                13253  0
psmouse                87603  0
serio_raw              13211  0
i2c_piix4              13301  0
lp                     17799  0
parport                46562  1 lp
hv_netvsc              22939  0
hv_utils               13540  0
hv_storvsc             17896  2
hv_vmbus               34543  4 hid_hyperv,hv_netvsc,hv_utils,hv_storvsc
floppy                 70365  0
A ps -ef outputs this:
root       217     2  0  2013 ?        00:00:00 [hv_vmbus_con]
root       218     2  0  2013 ?        00:00:00 [hv_vmbus_ctl]
root       219     2  0  2013 ?        00:00:00 [hv_vmbus_ctl]
root       220     2  0  2013 ?        00:00:00 [hv_vmbus_ctl]
root       221     2  0  2013 ?        00:00:00 [hv_vmbus_ctl]
root       222     2  0  2013 ?        00:00:00 [hv_vmbus_ctl]
root       223     2  0  2013 ?        00:00:00 [hv_vmbus_ctl]
root       224     2  0  2013 ?        00:00:00 [hv_vmbus_ctl]
root       225     2  0  2013 ?        00:00:00 [hv_vmbus_ctl]
root       226     2  0  2013 ?        00:00:00 [hv_vmbus_ctl]
root       227     2  0  2013 ?        00:00:00 [hv_vmbus_ctl]
 (not the entire output, just what I think is relevant)
When checking the registry on Server 2008 I cannot find the key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\WindowsServerBackup\Application Support\{66841CD4-6DED-4F4B-8F17-FD23F8DDC3DE}
as described how to setup in this link: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958662
From what I can gather VSS will be able to run without the need to shutdown the Ubuntu VM but the backups are not running when Windows Server Backups run?
How can I verify IF any backups of the VM have run successfully at all?
I am new to Hyper-V - but from what I can see , it seems that no VM backups are running . The normal Windows Server backups are running nightly. I would like them to run together without having to restart/ take offline/reboot the VM.
This is a production server and I need to avoid rebooting as much as possible-

Answer 1

Hi Sir,
        The following daemons must be installed manually for Ubuntu distributions:
VSS Snapshot daemon – This daemon is required to create live Linux virtual machine backups.
KVP daemon – This daemon allows setting and querying intrinsic and extrinsic key value pairs.
To install both daemons, please use the following command:
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# sudo apt-get update
# sudo apt-get install hv-kvp-daemon-init
# uname –r
<kernel release>
# sudo apt-get install linux-tool-<kernel release>
# sudo apt-get install linux-cloud-tools-<kernel release>
Please refer to note 5 , 9 within following article :
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn531029.aspx
As for linux VM running on hyper- v, I would suggest you to try to get further assistance from this forum:
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/home?forum=linuxintegrationservices&filter=alltypes&sort=lastpostdesc
Best Regards,
Elton Ji
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