NetBackup™ Web UI Nutanix AHV Administrator's Guide

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Product(s): NetBackup & Alta Data Protection (10.3.0.1, 10.3)
  1. Overview
    1.  
      Overview of configuring and protecting AHV assets in the NetBackup web UI
  2. Managing AHV clusters
    1.  
      Quick configuration checklist to protect AHV virtual machines
    2.  
      Configure secure communication between the AHV cluster and NetBackup host and Nutanix Prism Central 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.  
      Prerequisites to configure Nutanix AHV cluster
    7.  
      About support for Nutanix segmented iSCSI network
    8.  
      Configure CHAP settings for iSCSI secure communication with AHV clusters
    9.  
      About the ports that NetBackup uses to communicate with AHV
    10.  
      Add or browse an AHV cluster
    11.  
      Remove AHV Clusters
    12.  
      Add a new Nutanix Prism Central
    13.  
      Add new Prism Central server credentials
    14.  
      Remove Nutanix Prism Central
    15.  
      Create an intelligent VM group
    16.  
      Assign permissions to the intelligent VM group
    17.  
      Update the intelligent VM group
    18.  
      Remove the intelligent VM group
    19.  
      Set CHAP for iSCSI
    20.  
      Add an AHV access host
    21.  
      Remove an AHV access host
    22.  
      Change resource limits for AHV resource types
    23.  
      Change the autodiscovery frequency of AHV assets
  3. Managing credentials
    1. Managing AHV cluster credentials
      1.  
        Add new cluster credentials
      2.  
        Update and validate AHV cluster credentials
    2. Managing Nutanix Prism Central credentials
      1.  
        Add new Nutanix Prism Central credentials
      2.  
        Update and validate Nutanix Prism Central credentials
    3.  
      View the credential name that is applied to an asset
    4.  
      Edit or delete a named credential
  4. Protecting AHV virtual machines
    1.  
      Things to know before you protect AHV virtual machines
    2.  
      Protect AHV VMs or intelligent VM groups
    3.  
      Protect AHV VMs within VPC
    4.  
      Customize protection settings for an AHV asset
    5.  
      Schedules and retention
    6.  
      Backup options
    7.  
      Prerequisite to Enable virtual machine quiescing
    8.  
      Remove protection from VMs or intelligent VM groups
    9.  
      View the protection status of VMs or intelligent VM groups
  5. 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.  
      Recover an AHV VM within VPC
    5.  
      About Nutanix AHV agentless files and folders restore
    6.  
      Prerequisites for agentless files and folder recovery
    7.  
      SSH key fingerprint
    8.  
      Recover files and folders with Nutanix AHV agentless restore
    9.  
      Recovery target options
    10.  
      Pre-recovery checks for Nutanix AHV
    11.  
      About Nutanix-AHV agent-based files and folders restore
    12.  
      Prerequisites for agent-based files and folder recovery
    13.  
      Recover files and folders with Nutanix AHV agent based restore
    14.  
      Limitations
  6. 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
  7. 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

About support for Nutanix segmented iSCSI network

NetBackup support separating backup traffic with a use of Nutanix iSCSI segmented network. Separating backup traffic is helpful to reduce load on production resources, dedicating right size resources for better backup-recovery speed and security. By default, backup-recovery traffic flows over Nutanix cluster management network using iSCSI data services IP for initial connection and discovery.

During AHV cluster configuration, choose one of the following options for iSCSI transport:

  • Use iSCSI data service IP

  • Use segmented iSCSI data service IP

  • Use specified segmented iSCSI data service IP

For more details See Add or browse an AHV cluster.

Backup host network configuration to use Nutanix iSCSI segmented network configuration.
  • The iSCSI segmented network is on different subnet than the cluster management network, so backup host network must be configured to connect to:

    • AHV cluster-management network

    • iSCSI-segmented network.

    To achieve this, configure the backup host with two VLANs. One corresponding to cluster management network and other corresponding to segmented iSCSI network planned to use for backup-recovery traffic.

  • For better performance, use hostname/IP corresponding to segmented network as hostname while installing/configuring NetBackup on the backup host.

  • Validate connectivity using the following command on Windows host:

    • Click Server Manager > Tools > iSCSI initiator. This opens iSCSI initiator properties dialog.

    • Click Discovery > Discovery portal and provide the IP address as per configured iSCSI Target Type for the AHV cluster.

    • DEFAULT: iSCSI Data services IP from cluster details page

    • SEGMENTED: segmented iSCSI Data from cluster details page

    • SEGMENTED_SPECIFIC: Virtual IP specified while configuring cluster in NetBackup.

  • Validate connectivity using following command on linux host:

    • iscsiadm -m discovery -t sendtargets -p correct IP as per configured iSCSITargetType

    • DEFAULT: iSCSI Data services IP from cluster details page

    • SEGMENTED: segmented iSCSI Data from cluster details page

  • SEGMENTED_SPECIFIC: Virtual IP specified while configuring cluster in NetBackup. If there is connectivity problem it shows an error, for example: iscsiadm: connect to <IP> timed out