NetBackup™ Plug-in for VMware vSphere Client (HTML5) Guide

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Product(s): NetBackup (10.0)
  1. Introduction and notes
    1.  
      About the NetBackup plug-in for VMware vSphere Client (HTML5)
    2.  
      Notes on the NetBackup plug-in for vSphere Client (HTML5)
    3.  
      How to access the features of the NetBackup plug-in for vSphere Client (HTML5)
  2. Installing the NetBackup plug-in for vSphere Client (HTML5)
    1.  
      Requirements for the NetBackup plug-in for vSphere Client (HTML5)
    2.  
      Using consistent vCenter naming with the NetBackup plug-in for vSphere Client (HTML5)
    3.  
      vCenter privileges for managing NetBackup plug-in installation
    4.  
      Notes on using the vSphere Client (HTML5) plug-in in a VMware Platform Services Controller (PSC) environment
    5. Installing the NetBackup plug-in for vSphere Client (HTML5)
      1.  
        Register Plug-in when no other Plug-in (either Local or current) is installed
      2.  
        Register Plug-in when no Local Plug-in registered, and one or more Plug-ins's are already registered
      3.  
        Register plug-in when local plug-in already registered but no other Plug-in registered
      4.  
        Register Plug-in when local Plug-in already registered, and one or more Plug-in's already registered
    6.  
      VIRTUALIZATION_HOSTS_SECURE_CONNECT_ENABLED for servers and clients
    7.  
      Uninstalling the NetBackup plug-in for vSphere Client (HTML5)
    8.  
      Uninstalling the NetBackup Local plug-in for vSphere Client (HTML5)
  3. Plug-in Configurations
    1.  
      Configuration overview for the NetBackup Recovery and Instant Recovery Wizards
    2.  
      Port usage for the NetBackup vSphere Client (HTML5) plug-in
    3.  
      Setting vCenter privileges for recovering virtual machines
    4.  
      NetBackup permissions for the plug-in
    5.  
      Configuring vCenter CA Certificates in NetBackup Primary Server
  4. Log in to the Plug-in
    1.  
      Sign-in for the Plug-in
    2.  
      Prerequisites
    3.  
      Log-in to the plug-in
    4.  
      Sign out of the plug-in
  5. Excluding virtual disks from the backup
    1.  
      About excluding virtual disks from the backup
    2.  
      Setting the exclude disks Custom Attribute
  6. Monitoring backup status
    1.  
      vCenter privileges for backup monitoring
    2.  
      Backup monitoring displays in the NetBackup plug-in for vSphere Client (HTML5)
    3.  
      Summary display
    4.  
      Virtual Machines display
    5.  
      Events display
    6.  
      Using the Veritas NetBackup plug-in for backup reporting
    7.  
      How to respond to backup status
  7. Restoring virtual machines
    1.  
      Notes on the NetBackup recovery wizards
    2.  
      How to access the NetBackup Recovery Wizard
    3. Restore virtual machine
      1.  
        Virtual Machine Selection screen
      2.  
        Recovery points screen
      3.  
        Select the Recovery Target screen
      4.  
        Recovery options screen
      5.  
        Review Virtual Machine Recovery screen
    4. Perform Instant Recovery of virtual machines
      1.  
        Instant Recovery: Virtual Machine Selection screen
      2.  
        Instant Recovery: Recovery Options
    5.  
      Instant Recovery: Cleaning the recovery environment and releasing the NetBackup resources
  8. Troubleshooting
    1.  
      A NetBackup primary server is not available in the primary server list of the login screen
    2.  
      The NetBackup plug-in for vSphere Client (HTML5) does not find any backup images in the listed events
    3.  
      Mismatch in vCenter server name (uppercase vs. lowercase letters) causes the VMware connectivity test to fail
    4.  
      Instant recovery operation is not complete due to NFS mount limit exceed
    5.  
      Instant recovery option is disabled for the selected recovery point
    6.  
      The vCenter server names are not available for search
    7.  
      Virtual machine display name conflicts are not shown before the pre-recovery check
    8.  
      Reasons for failure of pre-recovery checks
    9.  
      Too much time taken to populate the list of NetBackup primary servers
    10.  
      The NetBackup plug-in is not shown in the vSphere Client (HTML5) interface even after registration
    11.  
      The NetBackup plug-in is not shown in the vSphere Client (HTML5) interface after vCenter upgrade from older versions to vCenter 7.0 or later
    12.  
      Unregistering the plug-in may result in total uninstallation of the plug-in
    13.  
      Recovery wizard errors
    14.  
      No recovery point found error
  9. Limitations
    1.  
      Limitations
  10. Appendix A. Instant recovery events and best practices
    1.  
      Instant recovery events for non-available virtual machines
    2.  
      Best practices for instant recovery operations

About the NetBackup plug-in for VMware vSphere Client (HTML5)

With the NetBackup vSphere Client (HTML5) plug-in, you can use vSphere Client to monitor the backups of virtual machines that vCenter servers manage. You can also recover a virtual machine from a backup.

You can use the plug-in to do the following:

  • View the backup status of virtual machines at various vSphere levels. For example: Datacenter, resource pool, ESXi host.

  • View messages that are related to backups, such as snapshot deletion failure.

  • Sort and filter the backup information and export the information for analysis.

  • Recover virtual machines. (The recovery feature and the instant recovery feature are optional and are not required for monitoring virtual machine backups.)

  • Instantly recover and power on a virtual machine.

  • Configure a custom attribute to exclude virtual disks from backups.

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Support for ESXi

For the VMware versions that the NetBackup plug-in supports, see the following document:

Support for NetBackup in virtual environments