NetBackup™ Plug-in for VMware vSphere Client (HTML5) Guide
- Introduction and notes
- Installing the NetBackup plug-in for vSphere Client (HTML5)
- Requirements for the NetBackup plug-in for vSphere Client (HTML5)
- Using consistent vCenter naming with the NetBackup plug-in for vSphere Client (HTML5)
- vCenter privileges for managing NetBackup plug-in installation
- Notes on using the vSphere Client (HTML5) plug-in in a VMware Platform Services Controller (PSC) environment
- Installing the NetBackup plug-in for vSphere Client (HTML5)
- Register Plug-in when no other Plug-in (either Local or current) is installed
- Register Plug-in when no Local Plug-in registered, and one or more Plug-ins's are already registered
- Register plug-in when local plug-in already registered but no other Plug-in registered
- Register Plug-in when local Plug-in already registered, and one or more Plug-in's already registered
- VIRTUALIZATION_HOSTS_SECURE_CONNECT_ENABLED for servers and clients
- Uninstalling the NetBackup plug-in for vSphere Client (HTML5)
- Uninstalling the NetBackup Local plug-in for vSphere Client (HTML5)
- Plug-in Configurations
- Log in to the Plug-in
- Excluding virtual disks from the backup
- Monitoring backup status
- Restoring virtual machines
- Troubleshooting
- A NetBackup primary server is not available in the primary server list of the login screen
- The NetBackup plug-in for vSphere Client (HTML5) does not find any backup images in the listed events
- Mismatch in vCenter server name (uppercase vs. lowercase letters) causes the VMware connectivity test to fail
- Instant recovery operation is not complete due to NFS mount limit exceed
- Instant recovery option is disabled for the selected recovery point
- The vCenter server names are not available for search
- Virtual machine display name conflicts are not shown before the pre-recovery check
- Reasons for failure of pre-recovery checks
- Too much time taken to populate the list of NetBackup primary servers
- The NetBackup plug-in is not shown in the vSphere Client (HTML5) interface even after registration
- The NetBackup plug-in is not shown in the vSphere Client (HTML5) interface after vCenter upgrade from older versions to vCenter 7.0 or later
- Unregistering the plug-in may result in total uninstallation of the plug-in
- Recovery wizard errors
- No recovery point found error
- Limitations
- Appendix A. Instant recovery events and best practices
Reasons for failure of pre-recovery checks
The following are the reasons for failures in the pre-recovery checks during an instant recovery operation
vSphere server credentials changed.
Incorrect data center path or folder path.
Non-ASCII characters are used in the specified parameters.
See "NetBackup character restrictions for the Primary VM identifier" in the NetBackup for VMware Administrator's Guide available through the following URL:
A virtual machine display name conflict.
The virtual machine name already exists on the ESX server.
Connectivity and space availability problems.
Indicates issues that are related to connectivity to various recovery artifacts and the available storage space for recovery.
A VMware connectivity-related issue.
The NFS volume eight-mount limit was exceeded on the ESXi host.
Backup image not available.
The selected backup image is not available for recovery.
The pre-recovery check is a one-time action for the instant recovery wizard operation. Even after failure checks are displayed in the pre-recovery check list, you can perform IR operations.