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

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Product(s): NetBackup (8.3.0.1, 8.3)
  1. Introduction to NetBackup for Acropolis Hypervisor (AHV)
    1.  
      Protect AHV using NetBackup
    2. About the Hypervisor policy type to protect Nutanix AHV VMs
      1.  
        Migrating BigData policy to Hypervisor policy
    3.  
      NetBackup terminology related to the AHV backup
    4.  
      NetBackup for AHV environment
  2. Prerequisites and things to consider before using Nutanix for AHV
    1.  
      Prerequisites
    2. Things to consider before using the NetBackup plug-in for Nutanix AHV
      1.  
        NetBackup character restrictions for virtual machine names
  3. Configuring NetBackup communication with AHV
    1.  
      Establishing communication between NetBackup and Nutanix AHV
    2. Configuring secure communication between the Nutanix Acropolis Hypervisor server and NetBackup host
      1.  
        Managing SSL certificates on NetBackup Appliance
      2. Managing SSL certificates through ECA framework
        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.  
      Adding the Nutanix Acropolis Hypervisor Cluster credentials for NetBackup
    4. 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
    5.  
      Adding a backup host to the Acropolis Cluster access list
  4. Configuring NetBackup policies for AHV
    1.  
      Creating a backup policy using the NetBackup Policies utility
    2.  
      Creating a backup 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
      4.  
        About recovering AHV VMs from the images that are backed up using NetBackup versions 8.1, 8.1.1, or 8.1.2
      5. Recovering a Nutanix AHV VM using the command line for Hypervisor policy
        1.  
          Creating or modifying the rename file
        2.  
          Using the command line to recover Nutanix AHV virtual machines for Hypervisor policy
  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
  8. Appendix B. Protect Nutanix AHV virtual machines with BigData policy
    1.  
      Using the BigData policy to backup and restore Nutanix AHV virtual machines
  9.  
    Index

Things to consider before using the NetBackup plug-in for Nutanix AHV

  • The Hypervisor policy for the NetBackup plug-in for Nutanix AHV requires NetBackup version 8.2 or later on NetBackup master server, media server, and the backup host.

  • To use the incremental backup functionality to protect the Nutanix AHV VMs, ensure that NetBackup master server, media server, and the backup host have NetBackup 8.3 or later

  • Veritas recommends that you configure a NetBackup media server as a backup host.

    Linux is the required operating system of the backup host.

    For a list of supported versions, see:

    NetBackup Master Compatibility List

  • For accelerator-enabled backups, If you change the backup host, then the next backup is a full, non-optimized backup.

  • The Hypervisor policy does not retain the AHV VM's operating system details. Even if you select the right OS, the OS type is set to default (HP-UX-IA64).

  • If a NetBackup client that is shared across several NetBackup master servers is used as a backup host, you must update the NetBackup host properties to ensure that policy is validated and the backup and restore operations run successfully.

  • To backup other hypervisors that run on a Nutanix Acropolis cluster, use a backup policy specific to that hypervisor. For example, to backup VMware ESX on a Nutanix Acropolis cluster, use a VMware policy. Similarly, to backup Hyper-V on a Nutanix Acropolis cluster, use a Hyper-V policy.

  • You cannot backup two or more virtual machines with the same display name. Each virtual machine must have a unique display name.

  • The restore operation for a partially successful backup is currently not supported.

  • NetBackup AHV VMs that are configured with volume groups are not supported.

  • Point-in-time (PIT) rollback option is not supported for the restore of the Nutanix AHV VMs.

  • Using Policy Configuration Wizard from the NetBackup Administration Console is not supported to create a Hypervisor policy to protect the Nutanix AHV VMs.

See Creating a backup policy using the NetBackup Command Line Interface.

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Creating a backup policy using the NetBackup Policies utility