NetBackup™ Web UI Nutanix AHV Administrator's Guide

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Product(s): NetBackup (10.2)
  1. Overview
    1.  
      Overview of configuring and protecting AHV assets in the NetBackup web UI
  2. Managing AHV clusters
    1.  
      Quick configuration checklist to protect AHV virtual machines
    2.  
      Configure secure communication between the AHV cluster and NetBackup host and Nutanix Prism Central and NetBackup host
    3.  
      Enable the iSCSI initiator service on windows backup host
    4.  
      Install the iSCSI initiator package on Linux backup host
    5.  
      Migrate Java GUI/CLI added clusters into WebUI
    6.  
      Configure Nutanix AHV cluster
    7.  
      Configure CHAP settings for iSCSI secure communication with AHV clusters
    8.  
      About the ports that NetBackup uses to communicate with AHV
    9.  
      Add or browse an AHV cluster
    10.  
      Remove AHV Clusters
    11.  
      Add a new Nutanix Prism Central
    12.  
      Add new Prism Central server credentials
    13.  
      Remove Nutanix Prism Central
    14.  
      Create an intelligent VM group
    15.  
      Assign permissions to the intelligent VM group
    16.  
      Update the intelligent VM group
    17.  
      Remove the intelligent VM group
    18.  
      Set CHAP for iSCSI
    19.  
      Add an AHV access host
    20.  
      Remove an AHV access host
    21.  
      Change resource limits for AHV resource types
    22.  
      Change the autodiscovery frequency of AHV assets
  3. Managing credentials
    1. Managing AHV cluster credentials
      1.  
        Add new cluster credentials
      2.  
        Update and validate AHV cluster credentials
    2. Managing Nutanix Prism Central credentials
      1.  
        Add new Nutanix Prism Central credentials
      2.  
        Update and validate Nutanix Prism Central credentials
    3.  
      View the credential name that is applied to an asset
    4.  
      Edit or delete a named credential
  4. Protecting AHV virtual machines
    1.  
      Things to know before you protect AHV virtual machines
    2.  
      Protect AHV VMs or intelligent VM groups
    3.  
      Protect AHV VMs within VPC
    4.  
      Customize protection settings for an AHV asset
    5.  
      Schedules and retention
    6.  
      Backup options
    7.  
      Prerequisite to Enable virtual machine quiescing
    8.  
      Remove protection from VMs or intelligent VM groups
    9.  
      View the protection status of VMs or intelligent VM groups
  5. Recovering AHV virtual machines
    1.  
      Things to consider before you recover the AHV virtual machines
    2.  
      About the pre-recovery check
    3.  
      Recover an AHV virtual machine
    4.  
      Recover an AHV VM within VPC
    5.  
      About Nutanix AHV agentless files and folders restore
    6.  
      Prerequisites for agentless files and folder recovery
    7.  
      SSH key fingerprint
    8.  
      Recover files and folders with Nutanix AHV agentless restore
    9.  
      Recovery target options
    10.  
      Pre-recovery checks for Nutanix AHV
    11.  
      About Nutanix-AHV agent-based files and folders restore
    12.  
      Prerequisites for agent-based files and folder recovery
    13.  
      Recover files and folders with Nutanix AHV agent based restore
    14.  
      Limitations
  6. Troubleshooting AHV operations
    1.  
      Troubleshooting tips for NetBackup for AHV
    2.  
      Error during AHV credential addition
    3.  
      Error during the AHV virtual machines discovery phase
    4.  
      Errors for the Status for a newly discovered VM
    5.  
      Error run into while backing up AHV virtual machines
    6.  
      Error while restoring AHV virtual machines
  7. API and command line options for AHV
    1.  
      Using APIs and command line options to manage, protect, or recover AHV virtual machines
    2.  
      Additional NetBackup options for AHV configuration
    3.  
      Additional information about the rename file

About the ports that NetBackup uses to communicate with AHV

The following table describes the ports that NetBackup requires to communicate with AHV:

Table: Ports required by NetBackup to communicate with AHV

Port

Protocol

Destination

Purpose

860, 3260

iSCSI over TCP

*bi-directional

iSCSI provides block-level access to storage devices with the SCSI.

iSCSI facilitates data transfers usually over the ethernet.

3205

iSCSI over TCP

*bi-directional

iSNS is able to emulate fibre channel fabric services and manage both iSCSI and fibre channel devices, an iSNS server can be used as a consolidated configuration point for an entire storage network

111

TCP

*bi-directional

Portmapper

2049

TCP

*bi-directional

NFS

9440

TCP

AHV Cluster

AHV Prism Central Server

Prism console, REST API

*Ports must be open bi-directional between AHV access host and AHV cluster. Port 9440 is only open inbound to the AHV cluster from the AHV access host.