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

Using the command line to recover Nutanix AHV virtual machines for Hypervisor policy

You can use the bprestore command to recover a backed-up Nutanix AHV VM.

To recover Nutanix AHV VM

  1. On the NetBackup master server, log on as an Administrator or root user based on Windows or UNIX system respectively.
  2. Run the following command on the NetBackup master server by providing appropriate values:

    bprestore -S master_server -C client -R path_rename_file -t 47 -L path_progress_log -f filelist -disk_media_server disk_media_server -vmproxy backup_host -vmhypervisor -vmid -vmmacid -vmsn -vmpoweron -vmserver NutanixAHV_cluster -K -s date -e date

    Where,

    -S

    Specifies the name or FQDN of the NetBackup master server.

    -C

    Specifies the Nutanix AHV VM name that you have backed up.

    -R

    Specifies the directory path to a rename file, which is used to recover a virtual machine.

    -t 47

    Specifies Hypervisor as the policy type.

    -L progress_log

    Specifies the name of whitelisted file path in which to write progress information.

    -f

    Specifies a file (listfile) that contains a list of files to be restored and can be used instead of the file names option (filenames). In listfile, list each file path must be on a separate line.

    Currently we support a full VM restore. Enter / (forward slash) as the file entry.

    -disk_media_server

    Name or the FQDN of the disk media server.

    -vmhypervisor

    Required option for Hypervisors

    -vmproxy

    Specifies the name or the FQDN of the backup host.

    -vmpoweron

    Turn on the VM after recovery.

    -K

    To not overwrite the existing virtual machine in the AHV cluster.

    -s, -e

    Specifies the start and the end date range for the listing the backup images. The bprestore command restores only the VMs from the backups that fall within the specified start and end date range. Use the time stamps that are captured during backup.

    For more information about the date format, refer to the NetBackup™ Commands Reference Guide.

    -vmid

    Retain the VM UUID.

    -vmmacid

    Retain the MAC address of the VM. (This option is valid only for alternate restore on a different cluster of the same AHV server)

    -vmserver

    FQDN or the IP address of the Nutanix AHV cluster where you want to recover the virtual machine. Use the same type that was used to add the Nutanix AHV credentials.

    -vmsn

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

Example

bprestore -S FQDN.master.server.com -C FQDN.client.com -R <install_directory>\logs\user_ops\rename.txt -t 47 -L <install_directory>\logs\user_ops\a.log -f filelist -disk_media_server FQDN.disk.mediaserver.com -vmproxy FQDN.backup.host.com

Note:

For restoring incremental backup images, if a policy or date range is not specified, then bprestore starts with the most recent full backup image. The command then checks all the subsequent incremental and differential backup images. The most recent copy of a file is restored from these images.