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

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Product(s): NetBackup (8.2)
  1. Introduction to NetBackup for Acropolis Hypervisor (AHV)
    1.  
      Protect AHV using NetBackup
    2.  
      NetBackup terminology related to the AHV backup
    3.  
      NetBackup for AHV environment
  2. Prerequisites, notes, and restrictions
    1.  
      Prerequisites
    2. Notes and restrictions
      1.  
        NetBackup character restrictions for virtual machine names
  3. Configuring NetBackup communication with AHV
    1.  
      Establishing communication between components
    2. Adding a backup host to the NetBackup master server
      1.  
        Adding a backup host to the NetBackup master access list
      2.  
        Configuring a NetBackup Appliance as a backup host
    3.  
      Adding a backup host to the Acropolis Cluster access list
    4.  
      Adding the Nutanix Acropolis Cluster credentials for NetBackup
    5. Managing SSL certificates
      1.  
        Managing SSL certificates on NetBackup Appliance
      2.  
        About the nb_nutanix-ahv configuration file
  4. Configuring NetBackup policies for AHV
    1.  
      About the BigData policy type
    2.  
      Creating a BigData policy using the NetBackup Policies utility
    3.  
      Creating a BigData policy using the Backup Policy Configuration Wizard
    4.  
      Creating a BigData policy using the NetBackup Command Line Interface
  5. Backup and recovery
    1. Back up the Nutanix AHV virtual machines
      1.  
        Basic phases in a NetBackup backup of an AHV
    2. Overview of the Nutanix AHV virtual machines recovery process
      1.  
        About recovering the Nutanix AHV virtual machines
      2.  
        Planning the recovery of a Nutanix AHV VM
      3. Recovering a Nutanix AHV VM using the Backup, Archive, and Restore console
        1.  
          About recovering AHV VMs from the images that are backed up using NetBackup versions 8.1, 8.1.1, or 8.1.2
      4. Recovering a Nutanix AHV VM using the command line
        1.  
          Creating or modifying the rename file
        2.  
          Using the command line to recover Nutanix AHV virtual machines
  6. Troubleshooting issues
    1.  
      Troubleshooting issues related to AHV backup
    2.  
      NetBackup logs
    3.  
      About errors during policy creation, restore, and validation
    4.  
      NetBackup status codes
  7. Appendix A. NetBackup commands to backup and restore Nutanix AHV virtual machines
    1.  
      NetBackup commands for protecting the AHV

Planning the recovery of a Nutanix AHV VM

You can recover your Nutanix AHV VM using NetBackup's Backup, Archive, and Restore console or the command line interface. Planning the recovery location and the recovery options is an important pre-requisite before you start the recovery process.

About the recovery location

You have the following recovery location options:

  • Original location

    Recover the virtual machine in the same Nutanix AHV cluster or container that was set during the backup.

    You can modify or set the following configurations before recovering to the original location:

    • Overwrite the existing VM

    • Retain the existing VM UUID

    • Remove the network interfaces

    • Retain the MAC address

    • Power on the VM after recovery

    • Overwrite the default job priority

  • Alternate location

    Recover the virtual machine to a different AHV cluster or container.

    You can modify or set the following configurations before recovering to the original location:

    • Change the AHV cluster

    • Change the storage container

    • Overwrite the existing VM

    • Change the VM name

    • Retain the existing VM UUID

    • Remove the network interfaces

      Note:

      To restore to an alternate location, you must select this option.

    • Power on the VM after recovery

    • Overwrite the default job priority

About the recovery options

Use the recovery options to modify the virtual machine configuration before you recover the VMs. The recovery options are available in the Virtual Machine Options dialog box in the Backup, Archive, and Restore console and must be set in the rename file for the command line interface option.

For more information about the rename file, See Creating or modifying the rename file.

The following table describes the various recovery options for the Backup, Archive, and Restore console and the command line interface:

Table: Recovery options for the Backup, Archive, and Restore console and the command line interface

Recovery option - Backup, Archive, and Restore

Recovery option or keywords - command line

Description of recovery options

Overwrite the existing virtual machine

overwriteexistingvm

Overwrite the existing virtual machine in the AHV cluster.

Create new VM ID instead of existing one

retainvmuuid

Create a new ID for the VM that is different from the existing value that was set during the backup.

For command line, to set a different ID, set the value to false.

Note:

If you select this option or set it to false, the new value is set automatically.

Power on virtual machine after recovery

poweronafterrecovery

Turn on the VM after recovery.

Remove network interfaces

removenetworkinterfaces

Remove the network interface that was set for the VM during the backup.

Note:

If you use the command line interface to recover the virtual machines to an alternate AHV cluster, set the value in the rename file to true.

For command line, to remove the network interface, set the value to true.

Retain the MAC address

retainnicmacaddress

Retain the MAC address that was set for the VM during the backup.

Note:

If you do not select this option or set it to false, the new value is set automatically.

Change Virtual Machine Name

vmname

Change the virtual machine name to a unique name. Enter the value in the Virtual Machine Name field.

Nutanix Acropolis Cluster

ALT_APPLICATION_SERVER

Select the Nutanix AHV cluster where you want to recover the virtual machine.

Override default job priority

priority_number

Set a custom priority for the recovery job.

Destination Container

change /<original_container>
to /<alternate_container>

Select the Nutanix AHV container where you want to recover the virtual machine. You can select a different destination container for every source container.

For more information on using the recovery options using the command line interface, See Recovering a Nutanix AHV VM using the command line.