NetBackup™ Web UI VMware Administrator's Guide

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Product(s): NetBackup & Alta Data Protection (10.3)
  1. Configuring RBAC and credentials for VMware administrators
    1.  
      RBAC roles for the VMware administrator
  2. 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.  
      About VMware discovery
    11.  
      Change the autodiscovery frequency of VMware assets
    12.  
      Discover VMware server assets manually
  3. Protecting VMs
    1.  
      Working with VMware policies in the web UI
    2. Protect VMs or intelligent VM groups
      1.  
        Schedules
      2.  
        Backup options and Advanced options
      3.  
        Exclude disks from backups
      4.  
        Snapshot retry options
    3.  
      Customize protection settings for a VMware asset
    4.  
      Remove protection from VMs or intelligent VM groups
    5.  
      View the protection status of VMs or intelligent VM groups
  4. Malware scan
    1.  
      Assets by workload type
  5. Instant access
    1.  
      Prerequisites of instant access
    2.  
      Things to consider before you use the instant access feature
    3.  
      Create an instant access VM
    4.  
      Restore files and folders from a VM backup image
    5.  
      Download files and folders from a VM backup image
    6. 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
    7.  
      VM malware scan
  6. Instant rollback
    1.  
      Prerequisites of instant rollback
    2.  
      Things to consider before you use the instant rollback feature
    3.  
      Instant rollback from a VM backup image
  7. Continuous data protection
    1.  
      CDP terminology
    2.  
      CDP architecture
    3.  
      About continuous data protection
    4.  
      Prerequisites
    5.  
      Capacity-based licensing for CDP
    6.  
      Steps to configure CDP
    7.  
      Removing VMs from the CDP gateway
    8.  
      Defining the CDP gateway
    9.  
      Sizing considerations
    10.  
      Limiting concurrent CDP backup jobs
    11.  
      Controlling full sync
    12.  
      Monitoring CDP jobs
    13.  
      Using accelerators with CDP
    14.  
      Recovering CDP protected VMs
    15.  
      Some limitations of CDP
    16.  
      Troubleshooting for CDP
  8. VM recovery
    1. Recover a VM
      1.  
        Storage Policy
      2.  
        Recovery options
      3.  
        Advanced recovery options
      4.  
        Advanced recovery options: Format of restored virtual disks
      5.  
        Advanced recovery options: Transport mode
    2.  
      Recover VMware Cloud Director virtual machines
  9. VMware agentless restore
    1.  
      About VMware agentless restore
    2.  
      Prerequisites and limitations of VMware agentless restores
    3. Provide access to a credential for agentless single file recovery to a guest VM
      1.  
        Add a credential for a VMware guest VM
      2.  
        Create a custom role for agentless single file recovery to a guest VM, with a credential
    4.  
      Recover files and folders with VMware agentless restore
    5.  
      About restricted restore mode
  10. Individual file and folder restore
    1.  
      About individual file restore
    2.  
      Prerequisites and limitations of individual file and folder restore
    3.  
      Recover individual files and folders
  11. Protecting VMs using hardware snapshot and replication
    1.  
      About virtual machines and hardware snapshots
    2.  
      Deployment and architecture
    3.  
      Features and applications supported
    4.  
      Prerequisites for hardware snapshot and replication
    5.  
      Operations supported with hardware snapshot
    6.  
      Configuring a VMware policy to use hardware snapshot
    7.  
      Configuring a VMware policy to use NetBackup snapshot manager replication
    8.  
      Jobs in the Activity Monitor that use hardware snapshot for VMs
    9.  
      Notes and limitations
    10.  
      Troubleshooting with VMware hardware snapshot and replication operations
  12. 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

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 primary server.

To change the resource limits for VMware resource types

  1. On the left, click Workloads > VMware.
  2. On the top right, select VMware settings > Resource limits.

    For each resource, the default value is 0 (No limit).

  3. Select the VMware resource type you want to change and then Edit.

    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.

  4. Choose from the following options.

    Set a global limit for a VMware resource type.

    Locate the Global setting and select the Limits value that you want to apply.

    This value limits the number of simultaneous backups that are performed for the resource type.

    Set a limit for a specific VMware resource.

    Click Add.

    From the list, select the resource.

    Select the Limits value that you want to apply.

    This value limits the number of simultaneous backups that are performed for the selected resource.

  5. Click Save.

    Limits indicates the number of simultaneous backups that can be performed for the resource type. This value is the global limit. The Override value indicates how many resources have any limits that are different from the global limit.

  6. To enable resource limits for restores, select the Apply limits to restore jobs checkbox.

    Note:

    Restore resource limits are cumulative. The limit represents the number of combined backup and restores that can run simultaneously against a resource type. Restore resource limits only apply to vCenter, ESX server, and Datastore resource types.

    Restores to ESXi clusters, datastore clusters, and storage policies do not count against resource limit settings. As VMware determines the placement of the VM once it is created.

Reset the resource limits for all VMware resources

To reset the resource limits for all VMware resources

  • Click Reset default values to remove all the overrides and set all global VMware resource limits to their default values.