NetBackup™ Web UI VMware Administrator's Guide

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Product(s): NetBackup (10.2)
  1. Configuring RBAC and credentials for VMware administrators
    1.  
      RBAC roles for the VMware administrator
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. Malware scan
    1.  
      Assets by protection plan
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. 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.  
      Recover VMware Cloud Director virtual machines
  9. VMware agentless restore
    1.  
      About VMware agentless restore
    2.  
      Prerequisites and limitations of VMware agentless restores
    3. Provide access to a credential for agentless single file recovery to a guest VM
      1.  
        Add a credential for a VMware guest VM
      2.  
        Create a custom role for agentless single file recovery to a guest VM, with a credential
    4.  
      Recover files and folders with VMware agentless restore
    5.  
      About restricted restore mode
  10. 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
  11. 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

Instant rollback from a VM backup image

NetBackup 9.1 and later lets you roll back a VM instantly from a backup image. Only backup images that support instant access can support instant rollback.

You can perform instant rollback for multiple VMs. You can also roll back a VM multiple times to any recovery point.

For example, if you have three backup images, B1, B2, and B3, you can first roll back the VM to B1, then to B3, then to B2, and so on.

After the rollback is completed, all data after the selected recovery point is no longer available.

To instantly roll back from a VM backup image

  1. On the left, click VMware.
  2. To select the backup image, do one of the following:

    Click the VM

    1. Locate the VM and click on it.

    2. Click the Recovery points tab, then click the date on which the backup occurred.

      The available images appear in rows with the backup timestamp for each image.

    3. Select the Allow the selection of recovery of points that are malware-affected to be able to recover malware affected images. This option is only available for the recovery points which contains malware-affected images.

      Note:

      This options is enabled only for users with required permissions.

    4. On the image or a copy of the image, click Recover > Roll back instantly.

    Select the check box

    1. Select the check box corresponding to the VM that you want to roll back and click Roll back instantly.

      You can select multiple VMs to perform instant rollback.

    2. Select any one of the roll back options:

      • Roll back to: Most recent

        NetBackup displays the most recent instant access recovery points in a month.

      • Roll back to: Before specific date and time

        Select the date and time.

        NetBackup displays the most recent instant access recovery points going a month before the selected date and time.

        Note:

        NetBackup displays a warning about malware affected images.

      • Select the Allow the selection of recovery of points that are malware-affected to be able to recover malware affected images. This option is only available for the recovery points which contains malware-affected images.

      Note:

      This options is enabled only for users with required permissions.

    3. Click Roll back.

    Use the Actions menu

    1. Click Actions > Roll back instantly corresponding to the VM that you want to roll back.

    2. Select any one of the roll back options:

      • Roll back to: Most recent

        NetBackup displays the most recent instant access recovery points in a month.

      • Roll back to: Before specific date and time

        Select the date and time.

        NetBackup displays the most recent instant access recovery points going a month before the selected date and time.

      • Select the Allow the selection of recovery of points that are malware-affected to be able to recover malware affected images. This option is only available for the recovery points which contains malware-affected images.

    3. Click Roll back.

  3. Select the wanted options and then click Roll back.

    The Activity monitor tab displays the status of the rollback.