NetBackup™ Web UI Nutanix AHV Administrator's Guide

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Product(s): NetBackup & Alta Data Protection (10.0)
  1. Introducing the NetBackup web user interface
    1.  
      About the NetBackup web UI
    2.  
      Terminology
    3.  
      Sign in to the NetBackup web UI
    4.  
      Sign out of the NetBackup web UI
  2. Monitoring NetBackup
    1.  
      The NetBackup dashboard
    2.  
      Job monitoring
    3.  
      Search for or filter jobs in the jobs list
  3. Overview
    1.  
      Overview of configuring and protecting AHV assets in the NetBackup web UI
  4. Managing AHV clusters
    1.  
      Quick configuration checklist to protect AHV virtual machines
    2.  
      Configure secure communication between the AHV cluster and NetBackup host
    3.  
      Enable the iSCSI initiator service on windows backup host
    4.  
      Install the iSCSI initiator package on Linux backup host
    5.  
      Migrate Java GUI/CLI added clusters into WebUI
    6.  
      Configure Nutanix AHV cluster
    7.  
      Configure CHAP settings for iSCSI secure communication with AHV clusters
    8.  
      About the ports that NetBackup uses to communicate with AHV
    9.  
      Add or browse an AHV cluster
    10.  
      Remove AHV Clusters
    11.  
      Create an intelligent VM group
    12.  
      Assign permissions to the intelligent VM group
    13.  
      Update the intelligent VM group
    14.  
      Remove the intelligent VM group
    15.  
      Set CHAP for iSCSI
    16.  
      Add an AHV access host
    17.  
      Remove an AHV access host
    18.  
      Change resource limits for AHV resource types
    19.  
      Change the autodiscovery frequency of AHV assets
  5. Managing AHV credentials
    1.  
      Add new cluster credentials
    2.  
      Update and validate AHV cluster credentials
    3.  
      View the credential name that is applied to an asset
    4.  
      Edit or delete a named credential
  6. Protecting AHV virtual machines
    1.  
      Things to know before you protect AHV virtual machines
    2.  
      Protect AHV VMs or intelligent VM groups
    3.  
      Customize protection settings for an AHV asset
    4.  
      Schedules and retention
    5.  
      Backup options
    6.  
      Prerequisite to Enable virtual machine quiescing
    7.  
      Remove protection from VMs or intelligent VM groups
    8.  
      View the protection status of VMs or intelligent VM groups
  7. Recovering AHV virtual machines
    1.  
      Things to consider before you recover the AHV virtual machines
    2.  
      About the pre-recovery check
    3.  
      Recover an AHV virtual machine
    4.  
      About Nutanix AHV agentless files and folders restore
    5.  
      Prerequisites for agentless files and folder recovery
    6.  
      SSH key fingerprint
    7.  
      Recover files and folders with Nutanix AHV agentless restore
    8.  
      Recovery target options
    9.  
      Pre-recovery checks
    10.  
      About Nutanix-AHV agent-based files and folders restore
    11.  
      Prerequisites for agent based files and folder recovery
    12.  
      Recover files and folders with Nutanix AHV agent based restore
    13.  
      Limitations
  8. Troubleshooting AHV operations
    1.  
      Troubleshooting tips for NetBackup for AHV
    2.  
      Error during AHV credential addition
    3.  
      Error during the AHV virtual machines discovery phase
    4.  
      Errors for the Status for a newly discovered VM
    5.  
      Error run into while backing up AHV virtual machines
    6.  
      Error while restoring AHV virtual machines
  9. API and command line options for AHV
    1.  
      Using APIs and command line options to manage, protect, or recover AHV virtual machines
    2.  
      Additional NetBackup options for AHV configuration
    3.  
      Additional information about the rename file

Recover files and folders with Nutanix AHV agent based restore

  1. Ensure that the target host is powered on and has a network connectivity to recovery host to be used in restore process.
  2. On the left, click Nutanix AHV.
  3. Locate and select the AHV VM that contains the files and folders for restore.

    This VM would be referred further as source VM.

  4. Click the Recovery points tab. In the calendar view, select the date on which the backup occurred.

    The available images are listed in rows with the backup timestamp for each image.

  5. On the image you want to recover from, click Recover > Restore files and folders.
  6. On the Select files pane, specify the files and folders you want to recover then click Next. These files or folders are referred further as source files or folders.
  7. On the Recovery target page, do the following:

    • Select the target host.

      • Target host input must be FQDN or IP address. If you have permission to view hosts, click on the search icon it will show the hosts where NetBackup client is already present select the required host.

        Note:

        Only NetBackup version 8.1 or later are available in the dropdown.

    • Select the appropriate file restore option.

    See Recovery target options.

  8. On the Recovery options page, select one of the following:

    • Append string to file names: Append the specified string to the destination file names before any file extension. This value only applies to files.

    • Overwrite existing files: Overwrites the files or folders if they exist in the destination location with the same name.

    • Restore directories without crossing mount points

      To skip over file systems mounted in the selected directories. Clear this checkbox to restore file systems that are mounted in the selected directories

    • Create new files for hard links

    • Rename targets for soft links

      Note:

      Create new files for hard links and Rename targets for soft links options are enabled only to restore everything to a different directory.

  9. Click Next.
  10. On the Review page: Review all the previously selected options.
  11. Click Start recovery.