Windows Server Backup 2016 Hyper V
A mrt file and a rct file in the location of the virtual hard disks.
Windows server backup 2016 hyper v. Hyper v wmi based backup. Windows server backup has the gui console wbadmin msc that allows to create and manage hyper v backups create backup schedule etc. Yes hyper v 2016 do not have gui you may check if the following method could connect to the hyper v server 2016 to manage the windows server backup with gui remotely. Starting in windows server 2016 hyper v started supporting backup through the hyper v wmi api.
These files appear per virtual hard disk and are there to stay. With windows server 2016 hyper v backup microsoft rises to the challenge. The inbox capabilities allow for agentless backups remove the dependency on host level vss infrastructure and by introducing cbt in the product. In windows server 2016 we see two files appear the first time you take a backup of a vm with configuration version 8 0 on windows server 2016 hyper v.
To backup a vm just start a simple wizard select which vms from your hyper v server have to be backed up and where the backups are to be saved and specify the backup schedule.