NetBackup™ Web UI RHV Administrator's Guide

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Product(s): NetBackup (8.2)
  1. Introducing the NetBackup web user interface
    1.  
      About the NetBackup web user interface
    2.  
      Terminology
    3.  
      Sign in to the NetBackup web UI
  2. Managing RHV servers
    1.  
      Quick configuration checklist to protect Red Hat Virtualization virtual machines
    2. Configuring secure communication between the Red Hat Virtualization server and NetBackup host
      1.  
        ECA_TRUST_STORE_PATH for NetBackup servers and clients
      2.  
        ECA_CRL_PATH for NetBackup servers and clients
      3.  
        VIRTUALIZATION_HOSTS_SECURE_CONNECT_ENABLED for servers and clients
      4.  
        VIRTUALIZATION_CRL_CHECK for NetBackup servers and clients
    3.  
      About the ports that NetBackup uses to communicate with RHV
    4. Add or browse an RHV manager
      1.  
        Adding a backup host to the NetBackup master server
      2.  
        Remove an RHV manager
    5.  
      Create an intelligent VM group
    6.  
      Remove an intelligent VM group
    7.  
      Setting global limits on the use of RHV resources
  3. Protecting RHV virtual machines
    1.  
      Things to know before you protect RHV virtual machines
    2.  
      Protect RHV VMs or intelligent VM groups
    3.  
      Remove protection from VMs or intelligent VM groups
    4.  
      View the protection status of VMs or intelligent VM groups
  4. Recovering RHV virtual machines
    1.  
      Things to consider before you recover the RHV virtual machines
    2.  
      About the pre-recovery check
    3.  
      Recover an RHV virtual machine
    4.  
      About the supported virtual disk formats and disk provisioning during VM recovery
  5. Troubleshooting RHV VM protection and recovery
    1.  
      Troubleshooting tips for NetBackup for RHV
    2.  
      Error run into during the RHV virtual machines discovery phase
    3.  
      Error run into while backing up RHV virtual machines
    4.  
      Error run into while restoring RHV virtual machines
  6. API and command line options for RHV
    1. Using APIs and command line options to manage, protect, or recover RHV virtual machines
      1.  
        Additional information about the rename file
    2. Additional NetBackup options for RHV configuration
      1.  
        OVIRT_IMAGEIO_INACTIVITY_TIMEOUT option for NetBackup servers
      2.  
        RHV_CREATEDISK_TIMEOUT option for NetBackup servers
      3.  
        RHV_AUTODISCOVERY_INTERVAL option for NetBackup servers

Quick configuration checklist to protect Red Hat Virtualization virtual machines

Use NetBackup Web UI to protect the virtual machines that are created on the Red Hat Virtualization (RHV) platform.

You can also use APIs and command line options to protect and recover the RHV VMs.

For more information, See Using APIs and command line options to manage, protect, or recover RHV virtual machines.

The following table describes the high-level steps or a checklist to protect the RHV virtual machines:

Table: Configure and protect RHV virtual machines using NetBackup

Step overview

Description and reference

Deploy NetBackup to protect RHV VMs

On a very high-level, to protect RHV VMs, you need:

  • NetBackup master server

  • NetBackup media server

  • NetBackup client that can act as a backup host

NetBackup master and media servers are supported on any supported server platform of NetBackup, whereas NetBackup client is supported on RHEL, SUSE, or a Windows host.

NetBackup appliance including Flex appliance is also supported as a NetBackup master, media server, or as a client that can act as a backup host.

NetBackup uses an agentless architecture to protect the RHV VMs. The communication between NetBackup and RHV Manager happens throught APIs.

Configure an RHV access host for backup and recovery

An RHV access host acts as a backup host and a recovery host during backup and recovery respectively. The access host is involved in the data movement during the backup and restore operations.

If you plan to use a backup host that is not a NetBackup media server or an appliance, add the backup host to the NetBackup RHV Access Hosts list.

See Adding a backup host to the NetBackup master server.

Enable secure communication between NetBackup and RHV

The following sections contain more information about setting up a secure communication between NetBackup and RHV:

Manage RHV servers and intelligent VM groups

Protect the RHV VMs

Consider setting global limits on the use of RHV resources

When you protect VMs automatically when they are created, over a period of time the number of VMs protected concurrently can grow large. The large number of concurrent backups can affect the RHV performance as well as backup performance.

You can set the global limits to manage the RHV resources efficiently.

See Setting global limits on the use of RHV resources.

Additional references

The following table describes the high-level steps or a checklist to recover the RHV virtual machines and additional information:

Table: RHV VM recovery and additional information

Step overview

Description and reference

Removing protection from VMs

See Remove protection from VMs or intelligent VM groups.

Recover the protected RHV VMs

API and command line options to protect RHV VMs

Troubleshooting information