NetBackup™ Web UI VMware Administrator's Guide

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Product(s): NetBackup (9.0.0.1, 9.0)
  1. Introducing the NetBackup web user interface
    1.  
      About the NetBackup web UI
    2.  
      Terminology
    3.  
      Sign in to the NetBackup web UI
    4.  
      Sign out of the NetBackup web UI
  2. Monitoring and notifications
    1.  
      The NetBackup dashboard
    2.  
      Monitoring jobs
    3.  
      Filter jobs in the job list
  3. 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
  4. Protecting VMs
    1.  
      Protect VMs or intelligent VM groups
    2. Edit protection settings for a VMware 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
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. 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

Change resource limits for VMware resource types

VMware resource limits control the number of backups that can be performed simultaneously on a VMware resource type. The settings apply to all NetBackup policies for the currently selected master server.

To change the resource limits for VMware resource types

  1. On the left, click VMware, then click the Virtual machines tab.
  2. On the right, select VMware settings > Resource limits.
  3. Select the VMware resource type you want to change and then Edit.
  4. For Limits, use the up or down arrows to choose the number of simultaneous backups that can be performed for the resource type. This value is the Global limit.

    You can also specify a limit for specific resources, such as a vCenter. Click + Add, then select the resource and choose the number of simultaneous backups that can be performed for the resource.

    Note:

    The Snapshot resource limit is different from the other resource types. It sets a limit for the number of simultaneous snapshot-only operations within a vCenter domain, such as create snapshot and delete snapshot. This limit applies only during the snapshot creation and snapshot deletion phases of a backup. It does not control the number of simultaneous backup jobs. This Snapshot limit can be useful for controlling the effect that multiple snapshot operations have on the vCenter server. Add a specific vCenter to override the global snapshot setting for that vCenter.

  5. Click Save.

    NetBackup displays the updated VMware resource limits. Limit indicates the number of simultaneous backups that can be performed for the resource type. For a resource type, this value is the Global limit. For a specific resource, this value applies only to the resource. Override indicates how many resources have limits that are different from the Global limit.

  6. Use Reset default values to remove all of the overrides and set all global VMware resource limit settings to their default values.