NetBackup™ Plug-in for VMware vSphere Client (HTML5) Guide

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Product(s): NetBackup & Alta Data Protection (10.5)
  1. Introduction and notes
    1.  
      About the NetBackup plug-in for VMware vSphere Client (HTML5)
    2.  
      Notes on the NetBackup plug-in for vSphere Client (HTML5)
    3.  
      How to access the features of the NetBackup plug-in for vSphere Client (HTML5)
  2. Installing the NetBackup plug-in for vSphere Client (HTML5)
    1.  
      Requirements for the NetBackup plug-in for vSphere Client (HTML5)
    2.  
      Using consistent vCenter naming with the NetBackup plug-in for vSphere Client (HTML5)
    3.  
      vCenter privileges for managing NetBackup plug-in installation
    4.  
      Notes on using the vSphere Client (HTML5) plug-in in a VMware Platform Services Controller (PSC) environment
    5. Installing the NetBackup plug-in for vSphere Client (HTML5)
      1.  
        Register the plug-in when no other plug-in (either Local or current) is installed
      2.  
        Register a plug-in when no local plug-in is registered and one or more plug-ins are already registered
      3.  
        Register a plug-in when a local plug-in already registered but no other plug-in is registered
      4.  
        Register a plug-in when a local Plug-in already registered and one or more plug-in are already registered
    6.  
      VIRTUALIZATION_HOSTS_SECURE_CONNECT_ENABLED for servers and clients
    7.  
      Uninstalling the NetBackup plug-in for vSphere Client (HTML5)
    8.  
      Uninstalling the NetBackup Local plug-in for vSphere Client (HTML5)
  3. Plug-in configurations
    1.  
      Configuration overview for the NetBackup Recovery and Instant Recovery Wizards
    2.  
      Port usage for the NetBackup vSphere Client (HTML5) plug-in
    3.  
      Setting vCenter privileges for recovering virtual machines
    4.  
      NetBackup RBAC permissions for the plug-in
    5.  
      Configuring vCenter CA Certificates on the NetBackup primary server
  4. Log in to the Plug-in
    1.  
      Sign-in for the plug-in
    2.  
      Prerequisites
    3.  
      Log-in to the plug-in
    4.  
      Sign out of the plug-in
  5. Excluding virtual disks from the backup
    1.  
      About excluding virtual disks from the backup
    2.  
      Setting the exclude disks Custom Attribute
  6. Monitoring backup status
    1.  
      vCenter privileges for backup monitoring
    2.  
      Backup monitoring displays in the NetBackup plug-in for vSphere Client (HTML5)
    3.  
      Summary display
    4.  
      Virtual Machines display
    5.  
      Events display
    6.  
      Using the Veritas NetBackup plug-in for backup reporting
    7.  
      How to respond to backup status
  7. Restoring virtual machines
    1.  
      Notes on the NetBackup recovery wizards
    2.  
      How to access the NetBackup Recovery Wizard
    3. Restore virtual machine
      1.  
        Virtual Machine Selection screen
      2.  
        Recovery points screen
      3.  
        Select the Recovery Target screen
      4.  
        Recovery options screen
      5.  
        Review Virtual Machine Recovery screen
    4. Perform Instant Recovery of virtual machines
      1.  
        Instant Recovery: Virtual Machine Selection screen
      2.  
        Instant Recovery: Recovery Options
    5.  
      Instant Recovery: Cleaning the recovery environment and releasing the NetBackup resources
  8. Troubleshooting
    1.  
      A NetBackup primary server is not available in the primary server list of the login screen
    2.  
      The NetBackup plug-in for vSphere Client (HTML5) does not find any backup images in the listed events
    3.  
      Mismatch in vCenter server name (uppercase vs. lowercase letters) causes the VMware connectivity test to fail
    4.  
      Instant recovery operation is not complete due to NFS mount limit exceed
    5.  
      Instant recovery option is disabled for the selected recovery point
    6.  
      The vCenter server names are not available for search
    7.  
      Virtual machine display name conflicts are not shown before the pre-recovery check
    8.  
      Reasons for failure of pre-recovery checks
    9.  
      Too much time taken to populate the list of NetBackup primary servers
    10.  
      The NetBackup plug-in is not shown in the vSphere Client (HTML5) interface even after registration
    11.  
      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
    12.  
      Unregistering the plug-in may result in total uninstallation of the plug-in
    13.  
      Recovery wizard errors
    14.  
      No recovery point found error
  9. Limitations
    1.  
      Limitations
  10. Appendix A. Instant recovery events and best practices
    1.  
      Instant recovery events for non-available virtual machines
    2.  
      Best practices for instant recovery operations

Notes on the NetBackup plug-in for vSphere Client (HTML5)

Note the following about the NetBackup plug-in:

  • For the NetBackup version 10.0 and later, the plug-in is installed on the NetBackup server itself and is registered with the desired vCenter.

  • NetBackup 10.0 is supported from vCenter version 6.7 U1 and later. The plug-in is based on the Remote Plug-in Architecture VMware for version 6.7 U1 and later provides.

  • Also, with vCenter 7.0 and later versions, multiple NetBackup servers are available for selection during the plug-in login.

    See Log-in to the plug-in.

  • The user must log on to the plug-in with the same NetBackup server to access and manage backup and recovery of the virtual machines that are performed with a specific NetBackup server.

  • To access and manage the backup and recovery of the virtual machines with a specific NetBackup server, the user must select the same NetBackup server when logging in to the plug-in.

  • With vSphere version 7.0, it is possible to register multiple NetBackup servers with the plug-in, which would appear in the login screen, for selection. Register each NetBackup primary server with the plug-in to access it for recovery management and virtual disk exclusion. More information is available about registration from multiple NetBackup servers.

    See Installing the NetBackup plug-in for vSphere Client (HTML5).

  • For NetBackup version 10.0 and later, all the plug-ins that were installed before the NetBackup version 10.0 are not supported.

  • For detailed information about uninstalling the plug-ins that were installed before NetBackup 10.0:

    See Uninstalling the NetBackup plug-in for vSphere Client (HTML5).

  • The best screen resolution for the plug-in is 1280 x 1024 or greater.

  • The plug-in does not support auto-refresh. To refresh the display, click the vSphere Client refresh icon.

  • In vCenter, the default retention period for vCenter events is 180 days. This value is the recommended setting.

  • If an ESXi server is removed from vCenter and re-added, the events for the VMs managed by that ESXi are lost. For VM status, the plug-in shows "No Backup Information." The status changes as new backup events occur for each VM.

  • See Notes on the NetBackup recovery wizards.

  • The NetBackup primary server must be configured with backup policies of the type VMware, with the Post events to vCenter option set to All Events.

    The plug-in monitors backups that a NetBackup VMware policy made. The plug-in does not monitor backups from other policy types.

    Note the following exceptions:

    • The plug-in does not monitor backups from a VMware policy that had Use Replication Director enabled and Application Consistent Snapshot disabled (under Snapshot options).

    • The plug-in does not monitor all the copies that a storage lifecycle policy (SLP) makes; it monitors the first image only.

  • Search for virtual machines does not support non-ASCII characters. However, the search results show the VM names that contain non-ASCII characters. Therefore, you can search for ASCII characters only and still see the VMs that contain non-ASCII characters in their names.