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Quest Protect 1.5 - User Guide

Creating Veeam Agent

The Veeam Agents collect data from your Veeam infrastructure and sends it to the Veeam Backup Server. The agents keep track of resource utilization metrics and alerts you when certain pre-defined thresholds are reached.

To create a Veeam Agent:
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Log in to the Foglight browser interface.
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Ensure that the navigation panel is open.
To open the navigation panel, click the right-facing arrow on the left.
3
On the navigation panel, under Homes, click Protection.
The Protection dashboard opens.
4
Use the Group selector located at the top of the dashboard to select the protection environment that you want to monitor.
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On the menu bar, click the Administration tab.
The Administration view appears at the bottom of the Protection dashboard.
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In the Administration view, click Veeam Agent, and then click Add.
The Agent Setup Wizard dialog box opens.
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In the Select Fglam Client step, select the agent manager on which the new agent is to be deployed, and then click Next.
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In the Agent Properties step, specify the following values, as needed, then click Next.
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Enterprise Manager: The name or IP address of the computer on Veeam Backup Server is running.
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Port: The HTTP port number used by the Veeam Backup Server.
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In the Credential Verification step, perform either of the following:
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NOTE: The user credential must assign with either of the Portal Administrator, Restore Operator, or Portal User role.
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Select Add Veeam Manager Server to a new credential, then the Create New Credential view appears on the right. Specify the credential related information, and then click Next.
Or
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Select Add Veeam Manager server to an existing credential, then the Selected Existing Credential view appears on the right. Select an existing credential, and then click Next.
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In the Summary step, confirm the agent information, and then click Finish.
The new Veeam Agent is created, and its data is to be monitored by Veeam Backup Server after a few minutes.

Editing agent properties

Default versions of these properties are installed with Foglight. However, you can edit the default shareable and agent properties, configure agent properties that apply only to a specific agent instance, and create edited clones of shareable properties that are used by a subset of agents of a certain type.

To edit the Rapid Recovery Agent properties:
1
Log in to the Foglight browser interface.
2
Ensure that the navigation panel is open.
To open the navigation panel, click the right-facing arrow on the left.
3
On the navigation panel, under Homes, click Protection.
The Protection dashboard opens.
4
Use the Group selector located at the top of the dashboard to select the protection environment that you want to monitor.
5
On the menu bar, click the Administration tab.
The Administration view appears at the bottom of the Protection dashboard.
6
Select the instance of the Rapid Recovery Agent which properties that you want to modify, and then click Edit Properties.
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In the Rapid Recovery Agent: Edit Properties dialog box, edit the properties as needed, and then click Save.
The Rapid Recovery Agent: Edit Properties dialog box closes and the list of agent instances automatically refreshes in the display area.
To edit the Veeam Agent properties:
1
Log in to the Foglight browser interface.
2
Ensure that the navigation panel is open.
To open the navigation panel, click the right-facing arrow on the left.
3
On the navigation panel, under Homes, click Protection.
The Protection dashboard opens.
4
Use the Group selector located at the top of the dashboard to select the protection environment that you want to monitor.
5
On the menu bar, click the Administration tab.
The Administration view appears at the bottom of the Protection dashboard.
6
Select the instance of the Veeam Agent which properties that you want to modify, and then click Edit Properties.
7
In the Veeam Agent: Edit Properties dialog box, edit the properties as needed, and then click Save.
The Veeam Agent: Edit Properties dialog box closes and the list of agent instances automatically refreshes in the display area.

 

Virtual Machine Automation

The Protect Virtual Machine Automation provides you with an approach to perform the Protect, Replicate, and Virtual Standby operations on virtual machines from either of the following dashboards, without interfacing with the Rapid Recovery console.

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VMware Environment > Virtual Machine Quick View
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VMware Environment > VMware Explorer
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Hyper-V Environment > Virtual Machine Quick View
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Hyper-V Environment > Hyper-V Explorer
Figure 15. VM Automation view

To access the VM Automation view:
1
Log in to the Foglight browser interface.
2
Ensure that the navigation panel is open.
To open the navigation panel, click the right-facing arrow on the left.
3
On the navigation panel, under Homes, click VMware Environment or Hyper-V Environment.
The VMware Environment or Hyper-V Environment dashboard opens.
4
Select a Virtual Machine from the Monitoring > Virtual Machine Quick View > Virtual Machines tree view.
The VM Automation (Data Protection) view appears in the middle of Virtual Machine Summary view.

The Protect Virtual Machine Automation includes the following three options:

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Automation of VM Protection: The automation of VM protection is only available for VMware virtual machines. For more information, see Automation of VM Protection.
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Automation of VM Replication: The virtual machines must be protected before performing the VM replication automation. For more information, see Automation of VM Replication.
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Automation of VM Standby: The virtual machines must be protected before performing the VM standby automation. For more information, see Automation of VM Standby.

Automation of VM Protection

The VMware VM Protection Setup Wizard guides you through the procedure for identifying virtual machines that you want to protect. This wizard also enables you to customize the schedule for performing the protection automation.

To perform the automation of VM protection:
1
Log in to the Foglight browser interface.
2
Ensure that the navigation panel is open.
To open the navigation panel, click the right-facing arrow on the left.
3
On the navigation panel, under Homes, click VMware Environment or Hyper-V Environment.
The VMware Environment or Hyper-V Environment dashboard opens.
4
Select a Virtual Machine that you want to protect from the Monitoring > Virtual Machine Quick View > Virtual Machines tree view.
The VM Automation (Data Protection) view appears in the middle of Virtual Machine Summary view.
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Click Protect. The VMware VM Protection Setup Wizard opens.
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In the Select Core Server step, select a Core Server from the drop-down list, and then click Next.
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In the VMs to Protect step, select VMs from the left vCenter table, click >> to move selected VMs to the right table, and then click Next.
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In the Connection step, specify the port number as needed, and then click Next.
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In the Select Repository step, select a repository from the Core Repositories drop-down list, and then click Next.
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In the Schedule step, select either of the following schedule options, and then click Next:
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Default protection: The automation will be performed hourly for all volumes.
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Periods: The automation will be performed on specified weekdays or weekends.
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Daily protection time: The automation will be performed on a daily basis.
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In the Summary step, review all configurations and click Finish.
The selected VM will be added into Protect Rapid Recovery Protected VMs list and Rapid Recovery Core Server list after the VM protection automation is complete. The first time when a VM protection is added, its snapshot with the customized schedule will be transferred to the repository on the Rapid Recovery Core. You might need to wait for a while to see the VM’s status update and to collect data back to Foglight from Rapid Recovery server.
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