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

About recovering AHV VMs from the images that are backed up using NetBackup versions 8.1, 8.1.1, or 8.1.2

  • The pre-recovery validations are supported only from the NetBackup Administration Console.

  • The following pre-recovery validations are not supported for older images:

    • Unique or duplicate VM UUID on the AHV cluster

    • Unique or duplicate MAC address

    • Network UUID exists on the cluster

    • Container size validations

    However, the validations are done once the metadata.json file is restored. The metadata.json file is the second entry in the restore files, hence the validations are slightly delayed.

  • For the backup images that are taken using NetBackup earlier than 8.2, root disk information was not captured in metadata.json. If the boot disk is not the first disk, set the first disk using Nutanix Prism and restart the VM.

  • The VM UUID value in the Restore Wizard because it is not captured for older backup images.