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NetBackup™ for KVM Administrator's Guide

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Product(s): NetBackup (11.1)
  1. Introduction
    1.  
      About NetBackup for KVM
  2. Installation and configuration overview
    1. Planning the installation for NetBackup for KVM
      1.  
        Verifying the operating system and platform compatibility
      2.  
        NetBackup server and client requirements
    2.  
      NetBackup configuration overview
  3. Managing KVM hosts
    1.  
      Add KVM hosts
    2. About KVM discovery
      1.  
        Change the autodiscovery frequency of KVM assets
      2.  
        Discover KVM host assets manually
    3.  
      Browse KVM assets
    4.  
      Validate a KVM host
    5.  
      Remove a KVM host
    6.  
      Change resource limits for KVM resource types
  4. Configuring RBAC roles for KVM administrators
    1.  
      RBAC roles for the KVM administrator
    2.  
      Assigning permissions at specific KVM object levels
  5. Protecting KVM virtual machines
    1. About configuring a backup policy for KVM
      1.  
        Limitations for KVM backups
    2.  
      About automatic virtual machine selection
    3.  
      Add a policy for KVM
    4.  
      About policy attributes
    5.  
      Schedule properties
    6.  
      Add KVM hosts to a policy
    7. Configure a query to select KVM virtual machines for backup
      1.  
        Query builder reference for KVM virtual machines
      2.  
        Use Advanced mode to create a query for virtual machine selection
      3.  
        Example queries to select VMs for backup
      4.  
        Test a VM query
      5.  
        About the Reuse VM selection query results option
    8. Backup options on the KVM attributes tab
      1.  
        Optimizations options (KVM)
      2.  
        Primary VM identifier options (KVM)
      3.  
        NetBackup character restrictions for the Primary VM identifier
      4.  
        Existing snapshot handling options (KVM)
      5.  
        KVM - Advanced attributes
    9.  
      View the protection status of KVM virtual machines
    10.  
      Perform a manual backup
  6. Recovering KVM virtual machines
    1.  
      Considerations and limitations for KVM recovery
    2.  
      About the pre-recovery check
    3.  
      Recover a KVM virtual machine
  7. Troubleshooting KVM backups and recovery
    1.  
      NetBackup logging for KVM
    2.  
      Configuring VxMS logging
    3.  
      Troubleshooting a KVM discovery or a validate operation

Recover a KVM virtual machine

You can recover a VM to its original location where it existed when it was backed up or to different location. You can choose to recover from the default copy of the backup image or from an alternate copy, if one exists. The default copy is also known as the primary copy.

To recover a KVM virtual machine

  1. On the left, select Workloads > KVM.
  2. Select the Virtual machines tab.
  3. Locate and select the VM. Then select Recover.
  4. Select the Recovery points tab. In the calendar view on the left, select the date on which the backup occurred.

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

  5. For the image that you want to recover, select one of the following image recovery options:

    • Recover

      Recover from the default copy of the backup image. This option is displayed if only one copy exists.

    • Recover from default copy

      Recover from the default copy of the backup image. This option is displayed if more than one copy exists.

    • nn copies

      Recover from the default copy or a different copy of the backup image. NetBackup allows up to ten copies of the same backup image. All available copies are displayed when you select this option. For each copy, the Storage name, Storage server, and the Storage server type are displayed.

  6. Select Restore virtual machine for the copy that you want to recover.
  7. In the Recovery target step, do the following:

    • Review the Restore to values.

      The default values are populated from the backup image of the VM.

    • If you want to apply a different display name, enter that name.

    • To recover to a different KVM host, search for that host name.

    • To recover to alternate storage, select Restore to alternate storage.

      For each disk, select the Destination storage pool and enter the Destination volume to which you want to recover.

  8. Select Next.
  9. Review the restore options.

    Allow overwrite of existing virtual machine

    NetBackup deletes any VM with the same display name or UUID that exists at the destination, before the recovery starts. Note that, NetBackup deletes any VM with the same display name or UUID, it may not be the same VM, but another VM having the same display name or UUID.

    Power on after recovery

    Automatically turns on the VM when the recovery is complete.

    Create a new VM UUID

    Restores the VM with a new VM UUID instead of the original VM UUID.

  10. Select Next.
  11. NetBackup performs the pre-recovery checks.
  12. Resolve any errors.

    You can choose to ignore the errors. However, the recovery may fail.

  13. Select Start recovery.

    Select the Restore activity tab to monitor a job's progress. Select a specific job to view its details.