NetBackup™ Web UI VMware Administrator's Guide

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Product(s): NetBackup (9.1)
  1. Introducing the NetBackup web user interface
    1.  
      About the NetBackup web UI
    2.  
      Terminology
    3.  
      Sign in to the NetBackup web UI
    4.  
      Sign out of the NetBackup web UI
  2. Monitoring NetBackup
    1.  
      The NetBackup dashboard
    2.  
      Monitoring jobs
    3.  
      Filter jobs in the job list
  3. 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.  
      Change the autodiscovery frequency of VMware assets
    11.  
      Discover VMware server assets manually
  4. Protecting VMs
    1.  
      Working with VMware policies in the web UI
    2. Protect VMs or intelligent VM groups
      1.  
        Protect SQL Server data with a VMware backup
    3. Edit protection settings for a VMware asset
      1.  
        Schedules
      2.  
        Backup options and Advanced options
      3.  
        Exclude disks from backups
      4.  
        Snapshot retry options
    4.  
      Remove protection from VMs or intelligent VM groups
    5.  
      View the protection status of VMs or intelligent VM groups
  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. 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.  
      Configuring CDP
    7.  
      Defining the CDP gateway
    8.  
      Sizing considerations
    9.  
      Limiting concurrent CDP backup jobs
    10.  
      Controlling full sync
    11.  
      Monitoring CDP jobs
    12.  
      Using accelerators with CDP
    13.  
      Recovering CDP protected VMs
    14.  
      Some limitations of CDP
    15.  
      Troubleshooting for CDP
  8. VM recovery
    1.  
      Recover a VM
    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
  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
    7.  
      Errors when you change the recovery destination

Working with VMware policies in the web UI

You can add new VMware policies and manage existing VMware policies in both the NetBackup Administration Console and the NetBackup web UI.

Functionality for VMware policies is the same in both interfaces, with a few differences:

 

In the NetBackup web UI

In the NetBackup Administration Console

Query Builder keywords

You must use OData keywords in the Query Builder.

You must use VIP keywords in the Query Builder.

VM discovery and refresh

The way you manually discover or refresh VMware server assets is different in the web UI.

See Discover VMware server assets manually.

Also use this procedure to refresh discovery of VMware server assets, for example, before you browse for VMware servers.

You use the Refresh button to manually discover VMware server assets when browsing for VMs.

Last update information

Last update information about VMware server discovery is listed for each VMware server on the Browse for virtual machines dialog. Discovery status and Last discovery attempt is also listed for each server when you click Workloads > VMware, then VMware servers to view VMware servers.

You view Last Update from the VMware policy's Client tab's Browse for virtual machines dialog.This information pertains to the last update of a VMware server within the selected vCenter, not each VMware server.

Note:

Details about VMware policies are not included with this guide. You can find complete documentation for VMware policies in the NetBackup for VMware Administrator's Guide.

To add or change a VMware policy in the web UI

  1. On the left, click Protection > Policies.
  2. To change a VMware policy, select it from the list.

    To add a policy, click Add, enter a Policy name, and select VMware from the Policy type drop-down list.

  3. Complete all required fields as you would in the NetBackup Administration Console.

  4. Click Create to save a new policy.

    Click Save to save changes to an existing policy.