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

To define a backup 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

   The policy_type value is Hypervisor.

   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 Hypervisor -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

   Note:

   If you enable Accelerator, include at least 2 full backup schedules:

   - One full schedule with the Accelerator forced rescan option disabled

   - Second full schedule with the Accelerator forced rescan enabled

   Configure the forced rescan enabled schedule to run less frequently than the first full backup schedule.

   For example, if the first full backup schedule runs weekly, run the second schedule (with the Accelerator forced rescan option enabled) every month. However, the best frequency for this schedule depends upon your environment.

   To enable the Accelerator forced rescan option, set checksum_change_detection=1.

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

   bpplinclude policy_name -add 'Nutanix-AHV:/?filter=Displayname AnyOf '\"VM_hostname"\''

5. Add a backup host using the following command:

   bpplclients policy_name -add backup_host

6. To enable the Accelerator feature:

   Accelerator

   bpplinfo policy_name -modify -use_accelerator 1 -residence 
   STU_name -use_virtual_machine 6 -alt_client_name backup_hostname 
   -snapshot_method "Hypervisor_snap"  - snapshot_method_args 
   "application_consistent=1,Virtual_machine_backup=1,
   nameuse=1,file_system_optimization=0,exclude_swap=0"
    -fi 1 -offhost_backup 1 -ct "Hypervisor" -active 
   -application_discovery 1 -blkincr 1

   Non-Accelerator

   bpplinfo policy_name -modify -use_accelerator 0 -residence 
   STU_name -use_virtual_machine 6 -alt_client_name backup_hostname 
   -snapshot_method "Hypervisor_snap"  - snapshot_method_args 
   "application_consistent=1,Virtual_machine_backup=1,
   nameuse=1,file_system_optimization=0,exclude_swap=0"
    -fi 1 -offhost_backup 1 -ct "Hypervisor" -active 
   -application_discovery 1

7. Validate the policy.

   bpclient -policy policy_name -validate

   For example, 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.

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