Veritas NetBackup™ for VMware Administrator's Guide
- Introduction
- Required tasks: overview
- Notes and prerequisites
- Configure NetBackup communication with VMware
- Adding NetBackup credentials for VMware
- Configure NetBackup policies for VMware
- VMware backup options
- Exclude Disks tab
- Configure a VMware Intelligent Policy
- Reduce the size of backups
- Back up virtual machines
- Use Accelerator to back up virtual machines
- Restore virtual machines
- Restoring the full VMware virtual machine
- Virtual Machine Recovery dialog boxes (restore to original location)
- Virtual Machine Recovery dialogs boxes (restore to alternate location)
- Restoring VMware virtual machine disks by using Backup, Archive, and Restore
- Restoring VMware virtual machine disks by using NetBackup commands
- Restoring individual VMware virtual machine files
- Browse and search virtual machines for restore
- Restore virtual machines with Instant Recovery
- Use NetBackup for vCloud Director
- Virtual machine recovery dialog boxes for vCloud Director
- Best practices and more information
- Troubleshooting
- Appendix A. NetBackup commands to back up and restore virtual machines
- Using NetBackup commands to create a VMware policy
- Appendix B. Configuring services for NFS on Windows
- About configuring services for NFS on Windows 2012 or 2016 (NetBackup for VMware)
- About configuring services for NFS on Windows 2008 and 2008 R2 (NetBackup for VMware)
- Appendix C. The Reuse VM selection query results option
- Appendix D. Backup of VMware raw devices (RDM)
Recovery vApp Options for vCloud Director dialog box (restore to alternate location)
You can restore the virtual machine into an existing vApp (Restore into existing vApp) or into a new vApp (Create a new vApp).
Table: Details for the vApp to be restored to describes the fields for specifying the vApp to restore to.
Note:
The defaults are the server name, organization, and other details that were recorded in the backup.
Table: Details for the vApp to be restored to
Field | Description |
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vCloud Server | Select the vCloud Director server for the restore. The servers in the list are the ones for which NetBackup has credentials of type VMware vCloud Director. |
Organization | Select the vCloud Director organization for the restore. |
Org vDC | Select the organization virtual datacenter. |
vApp name | Select or enter the name of the vApp for the restore. If you restore into an existing vApp, click to search for a vApp.This option defaults to the original vApp that was recorded in the backup. |
Capture vApp as a template in catalog | This option is available when you restore to an existing vApp. This option copies the vApp that is specified in the vApp Name field into a new vApp template. It also copies all of the vApp's virtual machines into the same vApp template. Note that this operation may take a lot of time. By default, the source vApp for the copy is retained after the copy; you can have the source vApp removed after the copy. See the option. |
Create vApp as a template in catalog | This option is available when you create a new vApp for the restore. This option restores the virtual machine into a new vApp template. The name of the new template is the same as the vApp that was specified in the vApp Name field. |
Catalog | Select the catalog in which to place the vApp template. The organization determines the available catalogs. |
vApp template name | When you restore into an existing vApp and capture the vApp as a template: Enter the name for the new vApp template. |
Remove vApp after capture | When you restore into an existing vApp and capture the vApp as a template: Select this option to remove the source vApp after the vApp copy to the new vApp template completes. At the end of the copy, the new template and its virtual machines are retained. The vApp that was the source for the copy is deleted. |