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 run into while backing up Red Hat Virtualization virtual machines

The following table describes the problem that might occur when you back up Red Hat Virtualization virtual machines:

Table: Error while backing up Red Hat Virtualization virtual machines

Error message or cause

Explanation and recommended action

After a NetBackup backup operation, the VM snapshot on the Red Hat Virtualization manager is not deleted.

If a disk attached to the VM is in an inactive state, then the Red Hat Virtualization manager does not delete the VM snapshot after a backup operation is complete.

Workaround:

  • Before the backup operation, verify the state of the disks that are attached to the VM and ensure that they are active.

  • Ensure that the disks are not attached while the VM is running, thus preventing the disk to be in an inactive state.

VM backup fails with the following error:

"The virtual machine has no disks or contains only Raw Device Mappings for disks: Status 25"

This temporary error might occur when the VM snapshot is not available for the backup operation. The backup job is successful on the second attempt.

Unable to remove the older snapshots from the Red Hat Virtualization manager when the disk is in a locked state.

The following error is displayed:

A NetBackup snapshot of the virtual machine exist.

Workaround:

Accelerator option does not work.

When a backup policy is created using APIs and the use Accelerator option is enabled, the policy gets created but the NetBackup Accelerator feature does not work.

NetBackup Accelerator is not supported for Red Hat Virtualization.