Veritas NetBackup™ 8.0 Plug-in for VMware vSphere Web Client Guide
- Introduction and notes
- Installing the NetBackup plug-in for vSphere Web Client
- Requirements for the NetBackup plug-in for vSphere Web Client
- Installation overview for the NetBackup plug-in for vSphere Web Client
- Using consistent vCenter naming with the NetBackup plug-in for vSphere Web Client
- Installing the NetBackup plug-in for vSphere Web Client
- Installing the NetBackup plug-in for vSphere Web Client on an additional vSphere Web Client server
- Registering the NetBackup plug-in for vSphere Web Client with additional vCenter servers
- Un-registering the NetBackup plug-in for vSphere Web Client
- Upgrading the NetBackup plug-in for vSphere Web Client
- Disabling the NetBackup plug-in for vSphere Web Client
- Configuration overview for the NetBackup Recovery Wizard (in the NetBackup plug-in for vSphere Web Client)
- Creating an authentication token for the NetBackup plug-in for vSphere Web Client
- Revoking an authorization token for the NetBackup plug-in for vSphere Web Client
- Listing all current authentication tokens for the NetBackup plug-in for vSphere Web Client
- Authorizing the NetBackup plug-in for vSphere Web Client to restore virtual machines
- Permissions on the NetBackup vSphere Web Client plug-in authentication token file may need to be changed
- Setting vCenter privileges for recovering virtual machines with the NetBackup plug-in for vSphere Web Client
- Monitoring backup status
- Setting vCenter privileges for backup monitoring
- Veritas NetBackup tab in vSphere Web Client
- Summary display (in the NetBackup plug-in for vSphere Web Client)
- Virtual Machines display (in the NetBackup plug-in for vSphere Web Client)
- Events display (in the NetBackup plug-in for vSphere Web Client)
- Using the Veritas NetBackup tab for backup reporting (in the NetBackup plug-in for vSphere Web Client)
- How to respond to backup status with the NetBackup plug-in for vSphere Web Client
- Restoring virtual machines
- Configuring settings for the virtual machine recovery
- Notes on the NetBackup recovery wizards in the NetBackup plug-in for vSphere Web Client
- How to access the NetBackup Recovery Wizards in the NetBackup plug-in for vSphere Web Client
- NetBackup Recovery Wizard screens
- Virtual Machine Selection screen (NetBackup Recovery Wizard for vSphere Web Client)
- Image Selection screen (NetBackup Recovery Wizard for vSphere Web Client)
- Destination Selection screen (NetBackup Recovery Wizard for vSphere Web Client)
- Transport Selection screen (NetBackup Recovery Wizard for vSphere Web Client)
- Disk Provision screen (NetBackup Recovery Wizard for vSphere Web Client)
- Virtual Machine Options screen (NetBackup Recovery Wizard for vSphere Web Client)
- Network Selection screen (NetBackup Recovery Wizard for vSphere Web Client)
- Pre-Recovery Check screen (NetBackup Recovery Wizard for vSphere Web Client)
- NetBackup Instant Recovery Wizard screens
- Cleaning the recovery environment and releasing the NetBackup resources
- Troubleshooting
- Reducing the load time for the NetBackup plug-in for vSphere Web Client
- The NetBackup plug-in for vSphere Web Client does not find any backup images in the listed events
- The NetBackup Recovery Wizard for vSphere Web Client does not find a particular backup image
- Mismatch in vCenter server name (uppercase vs. lowercase letters) causes the VMware connectivity test to fail
- IR operation is not complete due to NFS mount limit exceed
- Instant recovery-ready backup images are not available for selection
- vCenter server and NetBackup master server names are not available for search
- Preferred IR-destination options are not saved
- Virtual machine display name conflicts are not shown before the pre-recovery check
- Reasons for failure of pre-recovery checks
- Too much time taken to populate the list of NetBackup master servers
- NetBackup plug-in not shown in vSphere Web Client portal even after registration
- Correct NetBackup master server does not show up for selection for a given vCenter server on the IR wizard
- Error stack displayed in the NetBackup plug-in for vSphere Web Client
- Appendix A. Instant recovery operations
Permissions on the NetBackup vSphere Web Client plug-in authentication token file may need to be changed
To allow the NetBackup plug-in to restore VMs, the NetBackup administrator must generate an authentication token on the NetBackup master server. NetBackup creates the token in a compressed file; the file must be sent to the administrator of the vCenter server where the plug-in is installed.
When the virtualization administrator uses the compressed file to authorize the plug-in to restore VMs, the token file is opened and left uncompressed. In either of the following cases, the uncompressed file may not have the same permissions that it had when the NetBackup administrator created the token:
On the Linux vCenter Server Appliance, the umask is set to 0.
VMware vSphere on Windows is installed in a location other than C:\Program Files.
In either case, you may need to adjust the token file's permissions to conform to your NetBackup security settings.
The uncompressed token file is in the following location on the vSphere Web Client server:
On a Linux vCenter Server Appliance: /storage/vsphere-client/netbackup
On a Windows vCenter server: C:\ProgramData\VMware\vSphere Web Client\netbackup
See Authorizing the NetBackup plug-in for vSphere Web Client to restore virtual machines.