Introduction
vRanger overview
Configuring vRanger
Configuring vRanger through the Startup Wizard
Using vRanger
Opening the Startup Wizard
Adding and selecting a license
Adding vCenter and host information
Adding Hyper-V System Center VMM, cluster, and host information
Selecting hosts for licenses
Adding a physical machine
Selecting physical machines for licenses
Deploying and configuring the VA from the Startup Wizard
Adding a repository
Setting up the SMTP server
Adding an email address
Configuring vRanger manually
Adding a vCenter
Adding a vCloud Director
Adding an ESXi server
Adding a Hyper-V System Center VMM, cluster, or host
Adding a physical server
Adding a repository
Managing repository replication
Supplemental instructions: additional repository types
Configuring a repository for automatic replication
Scheduling repository synchronization
Disabling repository replication
Changing a replication repository to a primary repository
Configuring an SMTP server
Configuring display language
Configuring a virtual appliance (VA)
Importing a license file
Managing VM host licensing
Managing physical machine licensing
Managing job configuration settings
Enabling cataloging options
Managing Transport Failover options
Configuring the number of times a backup process tries to run
Adding an NFS repository
Adding a NetVault SmartDisk repository
Adding an EMC Data Domain Boost (DD Boost) repository
Adding a Quest Rapid Data Access (RDA) repository
Adding a Quest DR Series system as an RDA repository
Configuring repository replication
Removing a Quest Rapid Data Access (RDA) repository
Adding a Quest DR Series system as a CIFS repository
Adding a Quest DR Series system as an NFS repository
Understanding the vRanger virtual appliance (VA)
The VA scratch disk
Strategies for sizing the scratch disk
Options for a smaller scratch disk
The scratch disk on the source host
Scratch disk location
Deploying the VA by using the Virtual Appliance Deployment Wizard
Starting the Virtual Appliance Deployment Wizard
Selecting a VA host
Selecting a VM Folder
Select a Computing Resource
Selecting VA deployment options
Configuring the VA IP address
Confirming VA deployment selections
About deploying multiple VAs
Changing the VA configuration
Configuring VA networking
Disabling Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) for the vRanger VA
Main toolbar
My Inventory view
Backup
My Inventory pane
My Jobs view
My Repositories view
My Reports view
My Inventory pane toolbar and icons
VMware inventory tab
Hyper-V inventory tab
Physical inventory tab
Working Inventory pane
Reviewing backup transport options
Restore
VMware backup transport options
Transport selection order: VM backup
Hyper-V backup transport options
Physical backup transport options
Determining application consistency
Understanding retention policies and space-saving technologies
Performing optional configurations
Enabling VMware Changed Block Tracking (CBT)
Adding a custom backup group
Configuring VSS tools for VMware VMs
Configuring a backup job
Starting the Backup Wizard
Excluding VMs
Including hard disks of physical machines or VMs
Selecting a repository
Selecting a backup data transport method for VMware machines
Configuring backup options
Selecting a Retention Policy
Setting the recurrence schedule
Configuring email notifications
Starting the backup job
Restoring an encrypted VMware VM
Performing a full restore for VMware VMs
Replicate VMs
Starting the Restore Wizard
Performing a full restore for Hyper-V® VMs
Starting the Restore Wizard
Selecting a VM Name & Folder
Selecting a Compute Resource
Selecting Storage
Selecting a network
Selecting a restore data transport method for
Configuring restore options
Setting the recurrence schedule
Configuring email notifications
Starting the restore job
Starting the Restore Wizard
Selecting a Destination
Selecting a network
Configuring restore options
Setting the recurrence schedule
Configuring email notifications
Starting the restore job
Performing a full restore for VMware vApps
Starting the Restore Wizard
Selecting a destination
Selecting a restore data transport method
Configuring restore options
Setting the recurrence schedule
Configuring email notifications
Starting the restore job
Performing a full restore of a physical machine
Creating the boot media
Performing an FLR on Windows
Performing an FLR on Linux
Restoring from manifest
Creating the boot media
Booting the target server
Booting into the restore environment using static IP
Selecting a savepoint
Mapping disks
Setting the recurrence schedule
Configuring email notifications
Starting the restore job
Performing a full restore from manifest for VMware VMs
Creating a restore job
Selecting a savepoint from the manifest
Selecting a VM Name & Folder
Selecting a Compute Resource
Selecting Storage
Selecting a network
Selecting a transport method
Configuring restore options
Setting the recurrence schedule
Configuring email notifications
Starting the restore job
Performing a full restore from manifest for Hyper-V VMs
Creating a restore job
Selecting a savepoint from the manifest
Selecting a destination
Selecting a network
Configuring restore options
Setting the recurrence schedule
Configuring email notifications
Starting the restore job
Performing a full restore from manifest for a physical machine
Creating the boot media
Booting the target server
Creating a restore job
Selecting a savepoint from the manifest
Mapping disks
Setting the recurrence schedule
Configuring email notifications
Starting the restore job
Performing FLR from manifest
How replication works
Replication modes
Reports
Integrating and monitoring vRanger
Replication with Changed Block Tracking (CBT)
Differential replication
Configuring transport failover options
Pre-seeding replication jobs
Creating a replication job
Using replication failover
Performing vRanger sweep-to-tape using Quest NetVault Backup
Using the vRanger Console
vAPI Cmdlet details
Performing vRanger sweep-to-tape using Quest NetVault Backup
Monitoring vRanger
Ensuring that system requirements are met
Checking the list of prerequisites
Preparing the systems
Preparing for vRanger sweep-to-tape using NetVault Backup
Performing backup operations
Performing restore operations
Using deduplication with Quest NetVault SmartDisk and vRanger
Using Data Domain and vRanger repositories
Using the vRanger Console
vRanger uses Windows PowerShell® with a Quest snap-in to provide scripting access to vRanger features and functions. This feature lets vRanger integrate with other data protection solutions and offers an efficient configuration option for advanced users.
For more information on PowerShell, see https://technet.microsoft.com/library/dn425048.aspx.
Configuring the vRanger Console
The vRanger installer automatically installs Windows PowerShell® 1.0 and the vAPI snap-in during the product installation. Before using the vAPI cmdlets, you must first configure the PowerShell execution policy to run the vRanger scripts. This process is a one-time configuration that does not need to be repeated.
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vRanger vAPI Cmdlets
The vRanger PowerShell snap-in includes the following cmdlets.