NetBackup™ Web UI VMware Administrator's Guide

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Product(s): NetBackup & Alta Data Protection (8.3)
  1. Introducing the NetBackup web user interface
    1.  
      About the web UI
    2.  
      Terminology
    3.  
      Sign in to the web UI
    4.  
      Sign out of the 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.  
      Change resource limits for VMware resource types
    10.  
      Change the autodiscovery frequency
    11.  
      Discover VMware server assets manually
    12.  
      VMWARE_AUTODISCOVERY_INTERVAL option for NetBackup servers
  3. Protecting VMs
    1.  
      Protect VMs or intelligent VM groups
    2. Edit protection settings for a asset
      1.  
        Schedules and retention
      2.  
        Backup options and Advanced options
      3.  
        Exclude disks from backups
      4.  
        Snapshot retry options
    3.  
      Remove protection from VMs or intelligent VM groups
    4.  
      View the protection status of VMs or intelligent VM groups
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. 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

Add a VMware access host

uses a special host that is called a VMware access host. It is a client that performs backups on behalf of the virtual machines. The access host is the only host on which media server or client software is installed. No client software is required on the virtual machines. However, the access host must have access to the datastores of the virtual machines. The access host reads the data from the datastore and sends it over the network to the media server.

The VMware access host was formerly called the VMware backup host or the VMware backup proxy server. The access host is referred to as the recovery host when it performs a restore.

Note:

Make sure that media server software or client software is installed on any access host that you add.

To add a VMware access host

  1. On the left, click VMware, then click the Virtual machines tab.
  2. On the right, select VMware settings > Access hosts.

    lists any access hosts that were previously added.

  3. Click + Add.
  4. Enter the name of the access host and then click Add.