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

Last Published: 2020-07-29

Product(s): NetBackup (8.3.0.1, 8.3)

Introduction to NetBackup for Acropolis Hypervisor (AHV)
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
Configuring NetBackup communication with AHV
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
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
Troubleshooting issues
Appendix A. NetBackup commands to backup and restore Nutanix AHV virtual machines
1. NetBackup commands for protecting the AHV
Appendix B. Protect Nutanix AHV virtual machines with BigData policy
1. Using the BigData policy to backup and restore Nutanix AHV virtual machines
Index

Protect AHV using NetBackup

Virtual infrastructure is one of the key components of today's modern data centers. The ability to back up and restore your virtual machines is essential. It maintains business continuity and deliver superior high availability and disaster recovery (HA-DR) solutions to meet stringent service level agreements.

Veritas NetBackup, in addition to VMware, Microsoft Hyper-V, and Red Hat Virtualization, lets you back up and restore Nutanix AHV virtual machines.

You can protect the Nutanix AHV virtual machines using the Hypervisor backup policy.

See About the Hypervisor policy type to protect Nutanix AHV VMs.

With NetBackup version 8.3, the Nutanix Acropolis Hypervisor (AHV) plug-in for Hypervisor policy is installed as part of the NetBackup installation.

Starting from version 8.3, NetBackup supports incremental backups for the Nutanix AHV virtual machines.

Changes to the backup policy usage

Starting from NetBackup 8.3, you cannot create new BigData policies to protect your Nutanix AHV VMs. You can use the existing BigData policies, however, we recommend that you migrate your BigData backup policies to the new Hypervisor policy.

See Migrating BigData policy to Hypervisor policy.

Note:

A warning is displayed when you try to modify the existing BigData backup policy.

For information about the BigData policy for Nutanix AHV, see See Using the BigData policy to backup and restore Nutanix AHV virtual machines.

High-level steps to protect the Nutanix AHV virtual machines

Table: High-level steps to protect the Nutanix AHV virtual machines using the Hypervisor policy

Step	Step overview	Sub-steps and links to the sections
1	Understand NetBackup, Hypervisor policy, and AHV	About the Hypervisor backup policy See About the Hypervisor policy type to protect Nutanix AHV VMs. Migrating an existing BigData policy to Hypervisor policy See Migrating BigData policy to Hypervisor policy. See NetBackup terminology related to the AHV backup . See NetBackup for AHV environment.
2	Read the prerequisites, and things to consider before using the NetBackup for AHV plug-in	See Prerequisites. See Things to consider before using the NetBackup plug-in for Nutanix AHV.
3	Establish communication between NetBackup and the Nutanix components	Configure secure communication between Nutanix AHV and NetBackup. See Managing SSL certificates through ECA framework. See Configuring secure communication between the Nutanix Acropolis Hypervisor server and NetBackup host. See Managing SSL certificates on NetBackup Appliance. Add the Nutanix Acropolis cluster credentials to the NetBackup master server. See Adding the Nutanix Acropolis Hypervisor Cluster credentials for NetBackup. Add the name of the backup host to relevant file system whitelists on the Prism web console and the NetBackup master server. See Adding a backup host to the NetBackup master access list. See Adding a backup host to the Acropolis Cluster access list.
4	Create a backup policy	Create a backup policy See Creating a backup policy using the NetBackup Policies utility. See Creating a backup policy using the NetBackup Command Line Interface.
5	Protect the Nutanix AHV virtual machines	Backup the virtual machines See Back up the Nutanix AHV virtual machines. Recover the virtual machines See Planning the recovery of a Nutanix AHV VM. See Recovering a Nutanix AHV VM using the Backup, Archive, and Restore console. See Recovering a Nutanix AHV VM using the command line for Hypervisor policy.