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NetBackup™ for Nutanix AHV Administrator's Guide

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Product(s): NetBackup (11.1)
  1. Overview
    1.  
      Overview of configuring and protecting AHV assets in the NetBackup web UI
  2. RBAC roles for the Nutanix AHV administrator
    1.  
      RBAC roles for the Nutanix AHV administrator
    2.  
      Assign both the Default VMware Administrator and Default AHV Administrator roles to a user
    3.  
      Create a custom role for all Nutanix AHV permissions and additional VMware asset permissions
    4.  
      Create a custom role for all VMware permissions and additional Nutanix AHV asset permissions
  3. 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 the web UI
    6.  
      Prerequisites to configure Nutanix AHV cluster
    7.  
      About support for Nutanix segmented iSCSI network
    8.  
      Configure CHAP settings for iSCSI secure communication with AHV clusters
    9.  
      About the ports that NetBackup uses to communicate with AHV
    10.  
      Add or browse an AHV cluster
    11.  
      Remove AHV Clusters
    12.  
      Add a new Nutanix Prism Central
    13.  
      Add new Prism Central server credentials
    14.  
      Remove Nutanix Prism Central
    15.  
      Create an intelligent VM group
    16.  
      Assign permissions to the intelligent VM group
    17.  
      Update the intelligent VM group
    18.  
      Remove the intelligent VM group
    19.  
      Set CHAP for iSCSI
    20.  
      Add an AHV access host
    21.  
      Remove an AHV access host
    22.  
      Change resource limits for AHV resource types
    23.  
      Change the autodiscovery frequency of AHV assets
    24. Scan for malware
      1.  
        Scanning backup images
      2.  
        Assets by workload type
  4. 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
  5. Instant access
    1.  
      Prerequisites of instant access
    2.  
      Things to consider and limitations before you use the instant access feature
    3.  
      Create an instant access VM
    4.  
      Download files and folders from a VM backup image
    5. Instant access Build Your Own (BYO)
      1.  
        Prerequisites of Instant Access Build Your Own (BYO)
      2.  
        Hardware configuration requirement of Instant Access Build Your Own (BYO)
      3.  
        Frequently asked questions
  6. Protecting AHV virtual machines
    1.  
      Things to know before you protect AHV virtual machines
    2.  
      Protect AHV VMs or intelligent VM groups using Protection plan
    3.  
      Backup AHV VMs or intelligent groups using Policy
    4.  
      Protect AHV VMs within VPC
    5.  
      Protect vTPM enabled AHV VMs
    6.  
      Customize protection settings for an AHV asset
    7.  
      Modify policy for an AHV asset
    8.  
      Schedules and retention
    9.  
      Backup options
    10.  
      Prerequisite to Enable virtual machine quiescing
    11.  
      Remove protection from VMs or intelligent VM groups
    12.  
      View the protection status of VMs or intelligent VM groups
  7. 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.  
      Recover a vTPM enabled AHV VM
    6.  
      About Nutanix AHV agentless files and folders restore
    7.  
      Prerequisites for agentless files and folder recovery
    8.  
      SSH key fingerprint
    9.  
      Recover files and folders with Nutanix AHV agentless restore
    10.  
      Recovery target options
    11.  
      Pre-recovery checks for Nutanix AHV
    12.  
      About Nutanix-AHV agent-based files and folders restore
    13.  
      Prerequisites for agent-based files and folder recovery
    14.  
      Recover files and folders with Nutanix AHV agent based restore
    15.  
      Limitations
  8. Protecting Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2)
    1.  
      Protecting Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2) on AWS
    2.  
      Protecting Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2) on Azure
  9. Troubleshooting AHV operations
    1.  
      Troubleshooting AHV operations: Error during creation of AHV instant access virtual machines
    2.  
      Troubleshooting tips for NetBackup for AHV
    3.  
      Error during AHV credential addition
    4.  
      Error during the AHV virtual machines discovery phase
    5.  
      Errors for the Status for a newly discovered VM
    6.  
      Error run into while backing up AHV virtual machines
    7.  
      Error while restoring AHV virtual machines
  10. 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

RBAC roles for the Nutanix AHV administrator

NetBackup enables control over which users can access which Nutanix AHV or other workloads using Role Based Access Control (RBAC). Depending on your environment, you may want to configure RBAC for Nutanix AHV administrators in the following ways.

Table: RBAC roles to use or to create for the Nutanix AHV administrator

Type of access needed

Roles to use or create

Manage Nutanix AHV assets and configuration and perform restores to Nutanix AHV.

Default AHV Administrator role

Manage Nutanix AHV assets and VMware assets and have cross-hypervisor support.

Default AHV Administrator and Default VMware Administrator roles

With these roles the administrator can also manage the following:

Credentials for Nutanix AHV. (Prism Central servers tab or the AHV cluster tab in Workloads > Nutanix AHV.)

Credentials for a vCenter, ESX server, etc. (VMware servers tab in Workloads > VMware).

Full access to Nutanix AHV with additional permissions for VMware assets.

Create a custom role.

This role is useful for scenarios when you want to restore from VMware backup images and want to use the AHV workload after recovery.

Full access to VMware with additional permissions for Nutanix AHV assets.

Create a custom role.

This role is useful for scenarios when you use the VMware workload and want to perform cross-hypervisor restores.

Note the following:

  • To create an RBAC role, you must have the RBAC Administrator role or the permissions to create roles.

  • To create a credential, you must have the RBAC Administrator role or a role that has permissions to create credentials. The Default Nutanix AHV Administrator and the Default VMware Administrator role can assign a credential to a user, but cannot create a credential in credential management.

  • Contact your NetBackup administrator for assistance with creating roles and credentials.