NetBackup™ Web UI Red Hat Virtualization Administrator's Guide

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Product(s): NetBackup (10.3.0.1, 10.2)
  1. Managing Red Hat Virtualization servers
    1.  
      Upgrading to NetBackup 10.3
    2.  
      Quick configuration checklist to protect Red Hat Virtualization virtual machines
    3. Configuring secure communication between the Red Hat Virtualization server and NetBackup host
      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
    4.  
      About the ports that NetBackup uses to communicate with Red Hat Virtualization
    5. Add or browse an Red Hat Virtualization manager
      1.  
        Adding a backup host to the NetBackup primary server
      2.  
        Remove an Red Hat Virtualization manager
    6.  
      Configure autodiscovery of the Red Hat Virtualization virtual machines
    7.  
      Create an intelligent VM group
    8.  
      Remove an intelligent VM group
    9.  
      Setting global limits on the use of Red Hat Virtualization resources
  2. Protecting RHV virtual machines
    1.  
      Things to know before you protect Red Hat Virtualization virtual machines
    2.  
      Protect Red Hat Virtualization VMs or intelligent VM groups
    3. Customize protection settings for a RHV asset
      1.  
        Schedules
      2.  
        Backup options
    4.  
      Remove protection from VMs or intelligent VM groups
    5.  
      View the protection status of VMs or intelligent VM groups
  3. Recovering RHV virtual machines
    1.  
      Things to consider before you recover the Red Hat Virtualization virtual machines
    2.  
      About the pre-recovery check
    3.  
      Recover an Red Hat Virtualization virtual machine
    4.  
      About the supported virtual disk formats and disk provisioning during VM recovery
  4. Troubleshooting RHV VM protection and recovery
    1.  
      Troubleshooting tips for NetBackup for Red Hat Virtualization
    2.  
      Error during the Red Hat Virtualization virtual machines discovery phase
    3.  
      Error run into while backing up Red Hat Virtualization virtual machines
    4.  
      Error while restoring Red Hat Virtualization virtual machines
  5. API and command line options for RHV
    1. Using APIs and command line options to manage, protect, or recover RHV VMs
      1.  
        Additional information about the rename file
    2. Additional NetBackup options for Red Hat Virtualization configuration
      1.  
        OVIRT_IMAGEIO_INACTIVITY_TIMEOUT option for NetBackup servers
      2.  
        RHV_CREATEDISK_TIMEOUT option for NetBackup servers
      3.  
        RHV_AUTODISCOVERY_INTERVAL option for NetBackup servers

Error while restoring Red Hat Virtualization virtual machines

The following table describes the problem that might occur when you restore an Red Hat Virtualization virtual machine.

Table: Error run into while restoring Red Hat Virtualization virtual machines

Error message or cause

Explanation and recommended action

VM recovery to alternate location fails on a Windows primary server.

For a Windows NetBackup primary server, ensure that the rename file ends with an empty line.

Pre-recovery check runs successfully when a VM with the same UUID exists in the Red Hat Virtualization cluster and the option to overwrite the VM is not enabled, but the VM restore fails.

The following error message is seen:

Info bpVMutil (pid=1196) FTL - Virtual machine exists and overwrite option not specified, can not proceed with restore. end Restore; elapsed time Hypervisor policy restore error. (2822)

Pre-recovery check compares the VM display name instead of UUID to find out if VM already exists, hence the check completes successfully. But if the overwrite option is not set, the restore job fails if a VM with the same UUID already exists.

Workaround:

Restore the VM with a new UUID

  1. Start the recovery process.

  2. On the Recovery Options page, click Advanced.

  3. Enable Create a new VM UUID.

  4. Proceed with the recovery process and click Start recovery to restore.

Overwrite the existing VM that has the same UUID

  1. Start the recovery process.

  2. On Recovery Options page, enable the Overwrite existing virtual machine option.

  3. Proceed with the recovery process and click Start recovery to restore.

When you try to recover an Red Hat Virtualization VM image that is imported from a different domain using the Web UI, the pre-recovery check fails and displays that by default the recovery host is the same access host that was used during back up.

During the recovery of imported Red Hat Virtualization VM images, for the recovery host, select the access host in the target domain as a recovery host or select the target primary server.