Plug‑in for VMware includes a Distributed Jobs feature that supports the load balancing of image-level backup and restore jobs. Using this feature, you can run jobs across multiple NetVault Clients that are acting as backup proxies. All Plug‑in for VMware backup and restore jobs are eligible for distribution, however, you can disable the feature for specific jobs.
NOTE: The jobs of the VMware proxy from Plug‑in for VMware version 12.0 do not distribute to VMware proxies from Plug‑in for VMware 12.1 or later when they do not have vCenter credentials. Likewise, jobs of the VMware proxy from Plug‑in for VMware 12.0 do not distribute to other VMware proxies from Plug‑in for VMware 12.0 if the server is running NetVault 12.1 or later, regardless of vCenter credentials. |
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To use the Distributed Jobs feature, the NetVault Server and Clients must be using NetVault 12.0 or later, and the Plug‑in for VMware version must be 12.0 or later.
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In the Navigation pane, click Change Settings. |
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On the Job Manager dialog box, select the Allow VMware plugin jobs to be distributed on other VMware backup proxy option. |
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If you want to change the default threshold from 2, enter the applicable number for the Jobs threshold for VMware Backup Proxy setting. |
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In the Navigation pane, click Create Backup Job to start the configuration wizard. |
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In Job Name, specify a name for the job. |
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In the Selections list, select an existing Backup Selection Set, or complete the following steps to create a set: |
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To open the NetVault Selections page, click . |
NOTE: To switch between the two views (Hosts and Clusters and VMs and Templates), click the ESXi or vCenter Server, and select Toggle Inventory View from the context menu. This option is only available when server node is open. |
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Back up all virtual machines within a container: Select the container node. Data selection is possible at all levels, starting from the Datacenter node. For example, to back up all virtual machines hosted on an ESXi server, select the host node; in the VMs and Templates view, select the corresponding folder node. |
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Back up individual virtual machines: Open the applicable container nodes, for example, Datacenter, Cluster, and Resource Pool, and select the virtual machines that you want to back up. In the VMs and Templates view, open the folder node, and select the virtual machines that you want to back up. |
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Back up individual virtual drives: Open the virtual machine node, and select the disks that you want to back up. The virtual drives are named “Hard Disk 1,” “Hard Disk 2,” … “Hard Disk n.” The plug-in only lists those disks for which it can generate a snapshot. |
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In the Plugin Options list, select an existing Backup Options Set, or complete the following steps to create a set: |
IMPORTANT: On Windows, when you create a Backup Options Set for image‑level backups, you must use the default set “Default Backup Options — VMware Plugin — Windows” as the template. If you use any other set as the template, the backup may fail. |
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To open the VMware Plugin Backup Options page, click . |
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To back up all allocated sectors on a virtual drive, select this option. | |
To back up disk sectors that have changed since the last Full Backup, select this option. |
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Under Virtual machine disk selection options, select one of the following options. |
To back up all available virtual drives for the selected virtual machines, use this option. | |
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Under Other Options, configure the following settings: |
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NOTE: When performing multistream backups, do not select the Ensure backup is the first on the target media check box. If you select this check box for multistream backups, each data stream targets a separate piece of media to exist as the first backup on the media item. Thus, if a backup generates five streams, the job tries to obtain five blank or new media items.
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To submit the job for scheduling, click Save & Submit. |
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