Veritas NetBackup for Acropolis Hypervisor (AHV) Administrator's Guide

To define a BigData policy using the command line interface, run these commands on the NetBackup master server.

1. Create a policy.

   bppolicynew policy_name

   For example: bppolicynew nutanix

2. Set the policy attributes.

   bpplinfo policy_name -set

   To modify the policy type attributes, run the following command:

   bpplinfo policy_name -modify [-v] [-M master_server,...] -pt policy_type

   To add a storage unit, run the following command:

   bpplinfo policy_name -residence label - modify

   For example: bpplinfo nutanix -modify -v -M my.master.server -pt BigData -residence stu

   To limit the number of simultaneous jobs per policy, run the following command:

   bpplinfo policy_name [-policyjobs max_jobs]

   For example: bpplinfo nutanix -policyjobs 50

3. Create a policy schedule.

   bpplsched policy_name [-v] [-M master_server,...] -add sched_label [-st sched_type] [-freq frequency]

   For example: bpplsched nutanix -add Full -st FULL

4. Select the clients or virtual machines to back up.

   bpplclients policy_name [-M master_server,...] [-v] [-generation generation] [-reason "string"] -add host_name [-os os

   Specify the virtual machine name. You can specify only one virtual machine at a time.

   For example: bpplclients nutanix -add nutanixVM Linux or SUSE or Windows.

   Note:

   Currently, we do not validate operating system values.

5. Add backup selections.

   To add the parameters that are required for the backup selections, use the bpplinclude policy_name -add pathname or directive... command as shown:

   • bpplinclude policy_name -add Application_Type=Nutanix-AHV

   • bpplinclude policy_name -add Backup_Host=FQDN of the backup host

   • bpplinclude policy_name -add Application_Server=Fully Qualified Domain Name of the Nutanix Acropolis cluster

6. Validate the policy.

   bpclient -policy policy_name -validate

   bpclient -policy nutanix -validate

   If the policy successfully validates, no output appears. Otherwise, the following error occurs: Error code 48: client hostname could not be found.

7. Use the bpbackup command to start the backup.
8. Use the bprestore command to start the restore.