NetBackup™ Web UI VMware Administrator's Guide

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Product(s): NetBackup (8.2)
Platform: Linux,UNIX,Windows
  1. Introducing the NetBackup web user interface
    1.  
      About the NetBackup web user interface
    2.  
      Terminology
    3.  
      Sign in to the NetBackup web UI
  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.  
      Discover VMware server assets manually
    10.  
      VMWARE_AUTODISCOVERY_INTERVAL option for NetBackup servers
  3. Protecting VMs
    1.  
      Protect VMs or intelligent VM groups
    2. Custom protection settings for an asset
      1.  
        Exclude disks from backups
      2.  
        Snapshot retry options
    3.  
      Remove protection from VMs or intelligent VM groups
    4.  
      View the protection status of VMs or intelligent VM groups
  4. VM recovery and 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.  
      Recover a VM
    6.  
      About VMware agentless restore
    7.  
      Prerequisites and limitations of VMware agentless restores
    8.  
      Recover files and folders with VMware agentless restore
  5. Troubleshooting VM recovery
    1.  
      Errors encountered when adding VMware servers
    2.  
      Errors encountered when browsing VMware servers
    3.  
      Errors encountered when you review Status for a newly discovered VM
    4.  
      Error encountered when downloading files from an instant access VM
    5.  
      Troubleshooting issues with backups and restores of excluded virtual disks
    6.  
      Restore fails for a virtual machine with multiple datastores
    7.  
      Errors encountered when you change the recovery destination

Validate and update VMware server credentials

Note:

These procedures require the backup administrator role.

To validate VMware credentials

  1. On the left, click VMware, then click the VMware Servers tab.
  2. To validate one server's credentials, locate and select the VMware server. To validate the credentials of multiple servers at the same time, locate and select the VMware servers. Then in the row with that server, click Validate.

    NetBackup verifies the current credentials for the selected VMware servers.

    If the credentials are not valid, NetBackup indicates Invalid under Credentials. Use the following steps to update the VMware server credentials.

To update VMware server credentials

  1. On the left, click VMware, then click the VMware Servers tab.
  2. Locate and select the VMware server.
  3. From the option menu on the right of the row, select Edit.
  4. Update the credentials as needed.

    Note:

    Adding or updating VMware credentials also automatically starts the discovery of the VMware server. When backup host information is provided in the request, it is used to perform validation of credentials as well as for performing the discovery. For discovery, NetBackup 8.1.2 is the minimum version that is supported for a NetBackup media server or client that serves as a backup host. For older versions, backup host credential validation succeeds, but the discovery of VMware servers fails.

  5. Click Save.

    NetBackup verifies the updated credentials for the selected VMware server.