Veritas NetBackup™ for Nutanix Acropolis Hypervisor (AHV) Administrator's Guide

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Product(s): NetBackup (9.0.0.1, 9.0)
  1. Introduction to NetBackup for Acropolis Hypervisor (AHV)
    1.  
      Protect AHV using NetBackup
    2. About the Hypervisor policy type to protect Nutanix AHV VMs
      1.  
        Migrating BigData policy to Hypervisor policy
      2.  
        Deprecation of BigData policy to protect Nutanix AHV VMs
    3.  
      NetBackup terminology related to the AHV backup
    4.  
      NetBackup for AHV environment
  2. Prerequisites and things to consider before using Nutanix for AHV
    1.  
      Prerequisites
    2. Things to consider before using the NetBackup plug-in for Nutanix AHV
      1.  
        NetBackup character restrictions for virtual machine names
  3. Configuring NetBackup communication with AHV
    1.  
      Establishing communication between NetBackup and Nutanix AHV
    2. Configuring secure communication between the Nutanix Acropolis Hypervisor server and NetBackup host
      1.  
        Managing SSL certificates on NetBackup Appliance
      2. Managing SSL certificates through ECA framework
        1.  
          ECA_TRUST_STORE_PATH for NetBackup servers and clients
        2.  
          ECA_CRL_PATH for NetBackup servers and clients
        3.  
          VIRTUALIZATION_HOSTS_SECURE_CONNECT_ENABLED for servers and clients
        4.  
          VIRTUALIZATION_CRL_CHECK for NetBackup servers and clients
    3.  
      Adding the Nutanix Acropolis Hypervisor Cluster credentials for NetBackup
    4. Adding a backup host to the NetBackup master server
      1.  
        Adding a backup host to the NetBackup master access list
      2.  
        Configuring a NetBackup Appliance as a backup host
    5.  
      Adding a backup host to the Acropolis Cluster access list
  4. Configuring NetBackup policies for AHV
    1.  
      Creating a backup policy using the NetBackup Policies utility
    2.  
      Creating a backup policy using the NetBackup Command Line Interface
  5. Backup and recovery
    1. Back up the Nutanix AHV virtual machines
      1.  
        Basic phases in a NetBackup backup of an AHV
    2. Overview of the Nutanix AHV virtual machines recovery process
      1.  
        About recovering the Nutanix AHV virtual machines
      2.  
        Planning the recovery of a Nutanix AHV VM
      3.  
        Recovering a Nutanix AHV VM using the Backup, Archive, and Restore console
      4.  
        About recovering AHV VMs from the images that are backed up using NetBackup versions 8.1, 8.1.1, or 8.1.2
      5. Recovering a Nutanix AHV VM using the command line for Hypervisor policy
        1.  
          Creating or modifying the rename file
        2.  
          Using the command line to recover Nutanix AHV virtual machines for Hypervisor policy
  6. Troubleshooting issues
    1.  
      Troubleshooting issues related to AHV backup
    2.  
      NetBackup logs
    3.  
      About errors during policy creation, restore, and validation
    4.  
      NetBackup status codes
  7. Appendix A. NetBackup commands to backup and restore Nutanix AHV virtual machines
    1.  
      NetBackup commands for protecting the AHV
  8.  
    Index

NetBackup terminology related to the AHV backup

The following table describes the NetBackup terminology that is related to the AHV backup.

Term

Description

Application server

The name of the Acropolis cluster. It is identified using the Application_Server parameter during backup selections.

You can obtain the Acropolis cluster name from the Prism web console using Settings > Cluster Details.

Hypervisor type

The type of hypervisor being backed up. It is identified using the Hypervisor_Type parameter during backup selections.

For Nutanix AHV, the value for the Hypervisor_Type parameter is Nutanix-AHV. This value is fixed and cannot be changed.

Backup host

The backup host performs backups on behalf of the virtual machines. The operating system of the backup host must be Linux and must have NetBackup client version 8.2 or later with the NetBackup plug-in for Nutanix AHV. It is identified using the Backup_Host parameter during backup selections.

You can use either of the following configurations as a backup host:

  • NetBackup master server or a media server on a Linux platform

  • NetBackup Appliance and NetBackup virtual appliance

  • NetBackup client on a Linux platform

See Adding a backup host to the NetBackup master server.