The Universal Transporter in NAKIVO Backup & Replication

Nov 12, 2026

Protect a Hyper-V host, its physical machine, an Oracle database, and a tape drive with one NAKIVO node instead of a separate component for each role. The Universal Transporter handles all of them on the same host, with no rediscovery when the host takes on a new role.

This video shows what the component is, how it gets created when a Windows physical machine agent is upgraded during Hyper-V discovery, how to manage its capabilities on the Nodes tab, and the limitations to keep in mind.

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0:00 Introduction

0:21 One host, many roles

1:28 Director and Transporter

2:30 Universal Transporter capabilities

3:11 Add the host as a physical machine

4:01 Discover the host as a Hyper-V server

5:32 Shared transporter in Inventory

6:15 Manage the node on the Nodes tab

7:20 Direct Connect for remote physical machines

8:29 Fix the "no response" error

8:59 Manually installed agents

9:37 Summary