Veritas NetBackup™ 8.0 Plug-in for VMware vCenter Guide

To find backup status for a single VM

1. Select the VM in vSphere Client.
2. Click the Veritas NetBackup tab.
3. Under Summary, Virtual Machine, see the Current Backup Status and the Backup Events.

To find backup status for multiple VMs

1. Select the appropriate object in vSphere Client (such as datacenter or ESXi host).
2. Click the Veritas NetBackup tab.

   The Summary display shows the backup success rate for the VMs overall.

   See Summary display.

3. For the backup status of particular VMs, click the Virtual Machines display and find the VMs in the Name column.

   Use the View field to select the type of backup message to show (such as Backup Successful or Backup Failed).

   Use Filter to further limit the type of information that appears.

   Use Backup Age to filter the display by backup age.

   See Virtual Machines display.

To determine which VMs are not backed up

1. Select the appropriate object in vSphere Client (such as datacenter or ESXi host).
2. Click the Veritas NetBackup tab.
3. Click the Virtual Machines display.
4. Set the View field to Backup Failed.
5. You can use Filter and Backup Age to filter the display.
6. To save the report, click Export and select an output type.

To determine the age of existing backups

1. Select the appropriate object in vSphere Client (such as datacenter or ESXi host).
2. Click the Veritas NetBackup tab.

   In the Summary display, Virtual Machines By Backup Age shows the age of the backups (up to one day, up to seven days, and so forth).

3. For information on backup age per VM, click the Virtual Machines display and look at the Backup Age (days) column.

   Set View to All or to Backup Successful.

   If necessary, use Filter to filter the displayed information.

4. To save the report, click Export and select an output type.