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 during the Red Hat Virtualization virtual machines discovery phase

The following table describes the problem that might occur when you try to discover Red Hat Virtualization virtual machines.

Table: Error run into during the Red Hat Virtualization virtual machines discovery phase

Error message or cause

Explanation and recommended action

The Red Hat Virtualization assets are not discovered after the correct Red Hat Virtualization manager credentials are added. The VM discovery operation fails.

The maximum allowed length of the Red Hat Virtualization manager name is 255 characters, however, if the characters exceed 95, the asset discovery fails.

Workaround:

  • Ensure that the Red Hat Virtualization manager name has 95 or fewer characters.

The discovery job fails with error 200. (Scheduler found no backups or clients to deploy NetBackup)

Ensure that the query specified in the policy or intelligent VM group is correct. The VMs that need protection are added recently to Red Hat Virtualization manager or the VM configuration has changed and the autodiscovery or discover now was not triggered.

  • Run discover now and retry the backup. The maximum allowed length of the Red Hat Virtualization manager name is 255 characters, however, if the characters exceed 95, the asset discovery fails.

    Workaround:

    Ensure that the Red Hat Virtualization manager name has 95 or fewer characters.

  • The asset discovery does not work if the Red Hat Virtualization manager credentials are added using tpconfig.

    Workaround:

    From NetBackup WebUI, run Discover for the specified Red Hat Virtualization manager.

    Ensure that you add the Red Hat Virtualization manager credentials using API or NetBackup WebUI.

The GET asset API does not work when you use the tolower and toupper functions.

NetBackup Web UI:

For the filter in the intelligent Groups, NetBackup WebUI might not display accurate list of the Red Hat Virtualization VMs that match the filter if the VM or the Red Hat Virtualization server has non-English characters. However, during the backup, correct VMs are selected even though its attributes are non-English. This behavior is only in viewing the VMs in NetBackup Web UI.

GET assets API of asset service:

The GET Assets API does not give the desired result if the tolower or toupper functions are used together for the assets that have non-English characters.

There is a delay in the API response.

For a large number if Red Hat Virtualization assets, if you add large and random offsets to an API request, there is an increase in the processing time that leads to a delay in the API response.