NetBackup™ Web UI VMware Administrator's Guide

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Product(s): NetBackup (10.1)
  1. Managing VMware servers
    1.  
      Add VMware servers
    2.  
      Validate and update VMware server credentials
    3.  
      Browse VMware servers
    4.  
      Remove VMware servers
    5.  
      Create an intelligent VM group
    6.  
      Remove an intelligent VM group
    7.  
      Add a VMware access host
    8.  
      Remove a VMware access host
    9.  
      Change resource limits for VMware resource types
    10.  
      About VMware discovery
    11.  
      Change the autodiscovery frequency of VMware assets
    12.  
      Discover VMware server assets manually
  2. Protecting VMs
    1.  
      Working with VMware policies in the web UI
    2. Protect VMs or intelligent VM groups
      1.  
        Schedules
      2.  
        Backup options and Advanced options
      3.  
        Exclude disks from backups
      4.  
        Snapshot retry options
    3.  
      Customize protection settings for a VMware asset
    4.  
      Remove protection from VMs or intelligent VM groups
    5.  
      View the protection status of VMs or intelligent VM groups
  3. Malware scan
    1.  
      Scan a VMware asset for malware
  4. Instant access
    1.  
      Create an instant access VM
    2.  
      Restore files and folders from a VM backup image
    3.  
      Download files and folders from a VM backup image
    4.  
      Things to consider before you use the instant access feature
    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.  
      VM malware scan
  5. Instant rollback
    1.  
      Prerequisites of instant rollback
    2.  
      Things to consider before you use the instant rollback feature
    3.  
      Instant rollback from a VM backup image
  6. Continuous data protection
    1.  
      CDP terminology
    2.  
      CDP architecture
    3.  
      About continuous data protection
    4.  
      Prerequisites
    5.  
      Capacity-based licensing for CDP
    6.  
      Steps to configure CDP
    7.  
      Removing VMs from the CDP gateway
    8.  
      Defining the CDP gateway
    9.  
      Sizing considerations
    10.  
      Limiting concurrent CDP backup jobs
    11.  
      Controlling full sync
    12.  
      Monitoring CDP jobs
    13.  
      Using accelerators with CDP
    14.  
      Recovering CDP protected VMs
    15.  
      Some limitations of CDP
    16.  
      Troubleshooting for CDP
  7. VM recovery
    1. Recover a VM
      1.  
        Recovery options
      2.  
        Advanced recovery options
      3.  
        Advanced recovery options: Format of restored virtual disks
      4.  
        Advanced recovery options: Transport mode
    2.  
      About VMware agentless restore
    3.  
      Prerequisites and limitations of VMware agentless restores
    4.  
      Recover files and folders with VMware agentless restore
    5.  
      About restricted restore mode
    6.  
      Recover VMware Cloud Director virtual machines
  8. Protecting VMs using hardware snapshot and replication
    1.  
      About virtual machines and hardware snapshots
    2.  
      Deployment and architecture
    3.  
      Features and applications supported
    4.  
      Prerequisites for hardware snapshot and replication
    5.  
      Operations supported with hardware snapshot
    6.  
      Configuring a VMware policy to use hardware snapshot
    7.  
      Configuring a VMware policy to use NetBackup snapshot manager replication
    8.  
      Jobs in the Activity Monitor that use hardware snapshot for VMs
    9.  
      Notes and limitations
    10.  
      Troubleshooting with VMware hardware snapshot and replication operations
  9. Troubleshooting VMware operations
    1.  
      Errors when adding VMware servers
    2.  
      Errors when browsing VMware servers
    3.  
      Errors for the status for a newly discovered VM
    4.  
      Error when downloading files from an instant access VM
    5.  
      Troubleshooting backups and restores of excluded virtual disks
    6.  
      Restore fails for a virtual machine with multiple datastores

Troubleshooting with VMware hardware snapshot and replication operations

About gathering information and checking logs

To create detailed log information, place a VERBOSE entry in the bp.conf file on the NetBackup primary and client. Or set the global logging level to a high value in the Logging dialog, under both primary server Properties and Client Properties.

These directories can eventually require a lot of disk space. Delete them when you are finished troubleshooting and remove the VERBOSE option from the bp.conf file. Or reset the Global logging level to a lower value.

Logging directories for Linux platform

To create logging directories use /usr/openv/netbackup/logs/mklogdir script. You can also create the directories using an access mode of 755 so, NetBackup can write to the logs.

Table: Linux logging directories for snapshot operation

Path of log directory

Where to create the directory

/usr/openv/netbackup/logs/bprd

NetBackup primary server

/usr/openv/logs/nbjm

NetBackup primary server

/usr/openv/netbackup/logs/bpbrm

NetBackup media server

/usr/openv/netbackup/logs/bpfis

Backup host client

Table: Linux logging directories for backup operation

Path of log directory

Where to create the directory

/usr/openv/netbackup/logs/bprd

NetBackup primary server

/usr/openv/logs/nbjm

NetBackup primary server

/usr/openv/netbackup/logs/bpdbm

NetBackup primary server

/usr/openv/netbackup/logs/bptm

NetBackup media server

/usr/openv/netbackup/logs/bpbrm

NetBackup media server

/usr/openv/netbackup/logs/bpfis

Backup host client

/usr/openv/netbackup/logs/bppfi

Backup host client

/usr/openv/netbackup/logs/bpbkar

Backup host client

/usr/openv/netbackup/logs/bppfi

Backup host client

/usr/openv/netbackup/logs/vxms

Backup host client

Table: Linux logging directories for single file restore operation

Path of log directory

Where to create the directory

/usr/openv/netbackup/logs/bprd

NetBackup primary server

/usr/openv/netbackup/logs/bpcd

Restore host client

/usr/openv/netbackup/logs/bpbkar

Restore host client

/usr/openv/netbackup/logs/bpfis

Restore host client

/usr/openv/netbackup/logs/bppfi

Restore host client

/usr/openv/logs/ncfnbhfr

Restore host client

/usr/openv/netbackup/logs/vxms

Restore host client

/usr/openv/netbackup/logs/tar

Destination client where the files are restored.

Table: Linux logging directories for full VM restore operation

Path of log directory

Where to create the directory

/usr/openv/netbackup/logs/bprd

NetBackup primary server

/usr/openv/netbackup/logs/bpbrm

NetBackup media server

/usr/openv/logs/ncfnbvmcopyback

Restore host client

/usr/openv/netbackup/logs/vxms

Restore host client

Table: Linux logging directories for live browse operation

Path of log directory

Where to create the directory

/usr/openv/netbackup/logs/bprd

NetBackup primary server

/usr/openv/netbackup/logs/bpdbm

NetBackup primary server

/usr/openv/netbackup/logs/bpcd

Backup host client

/usr/openv/netbackup/logs/bppfi

Backup host client

/usr/openv/logs/ncfnbbrowse

Backup host client

/usr/openv/netbackup/logs/vxms

Backup host client

Table: Linux logging directories for index from snapshot operation

Path of log directory

Where to create the directory

/usr/openv/logs/ncflbc

Backup host client

/usr/openv/netbackup/logs/vxms

Backup host client

Logging folders for Windows platforms:

Table: Windows logging directories for snapshot operation

Path of log directory

Where to create the directory

/usr/openv/netbackup/logs/bprd

NetBackup primary server

/usr/openv/netbackup/logs/bpdbm

NetBackup primary server

/usr/openv/netbackup/logs/bpcd

NetBackup media server

/usr/openv/netbackup/logs/bppfi

Backup host client

Table: Windows logging directories for backup operation

Path of log directory

Where to create the directory

install_path\NetBackup\logs\bprd

NetBackup primary server

install_path\NetBackup\logs\nbjm

NetBackup primary server

install_path\NetBackup\logs\bpdbm

NetBackup primary server

install_path\NetBackup\logs\bptm

NetBackup media server

install_path\NetBackup\logs\bpbrm

NetBackup media server

install_path\NetBackup\logs\bpfis

Backup host client

install_path\NetBackup\logs\bppfi

Backup host client

install_path\NetBackup\logs\bpbkar

Backup host client

install_path\NetBackup\logs\bppfi

Backup host client

install_path\NetBackup\logs\vxms

Backup host client

Table: Windows logging directories for single file restore operation

Path of log directory

Where to create the directory

install_path\NetBackup\logs\bprd

NetBackup primary server

install_path\NetBackup\logs\bpcd

Restore host client

install_path\NetBackup\logs\bpbkar

Restore host client

install_path\NetBackup\logs\bpfis

Restore host client

install_path\NetBackup\logs\bppfi

Restore host client

install_path\NetBackup\logs\ncfnbhfr

Restore host client

install_path\NetBackup\logs\vxms

Restore host client

install_path\NetBackup\logs\tar

Destination client where the files are restored.

Table: Windows logging directories for full VM restore operation

Path of log directory

Where to create the directory

install_path\NetBackup\logs\bprd

NetBackup primary server

install_path\NetBackup\logs\bpbrm

NetBackup media server

install_path\NetBackup\logs\ncfnbvmcopyback

Restore host client

install_path\NetBackup\logs\vxms

Restore host client

Table: Windows logging directories for live browse operation

Path of log directory

Where to create the directory

install_path\NetBackup\logs\bprd

NetBackup primary server

install_path\NetBackup\logs\bpdbm

NetBackup primary server

install_path\NetBackup\logs\bpcd

Backup host client

install_path\NetBackup\logs\bppfi

Backup host client

install_path\NetBackup\logs\ncfnbbrowse

Backup host client

install_path\NetBackup\logs\vxms

Backup host client

Table: Windows logging directories for index from snapshot operation

Path of log directory

Where to create the directory

install_path\NetBackup\logs\ncflbc

Backup host client

install_path\NetBackup\logs\vxms

Backup host client