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NetVault Plug-in for RHV 13.0 - User Guide

Adding a server

Plug‑in for Red Hat Virtualization communicates with RHV using the RHV-M. Before you can use the plug-in for backups and restores, you must add the applicable RHV-M details to the plug-in. You must then configure a user account to be an admin user or have admin rights.

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In the Navigation pane, do one of the following:
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Click Create Backup Job.
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Click Guided Configuration. On the NetVault Configuration Wizard page, click Create Backup Jobs.
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To open the NetVault Selections page, click next to the Selections list.
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Open the NetVault Client on which the plug-in is installed.
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Click RHV, and then select Add from the context menu.
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Configure the following settings:
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RHV-Manager FQDN: Type the Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) of the RHV-M. As required by RHV, the backup proxy on which the plug-in is configured should be able to communicate with this FQDN using the previously configured DNS.
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Username: Enter the name for the user account that can be used to log in to the RHV-M. The user account must have administrator privileges to create VMs and related devices.
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Domain: Enter the name of the domain use by RHV-M. The default name is internal.
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Password (New Password when reconfiguring the server): Type the corresponding password for the preceding user name.
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Port: The port on which the RHV-M UI runs. The default is 443.
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Windows Proxy on RHV Host: Enter the name of the Windows proxy as it appears in the RHV user interface.
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To save the settings, click OK.
The plug-in tries to log in to the server, and if successful, adds the server to the backup selection tree.

Reconfiguring a server

1
Start the Backup Job Wizard, and click next to the Selections list.
2
Open the NetVault Client or the NetVault Server where the Plug‑in for Red Hat Virtualization in installed, and then open RHV plug-in.
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Click the RHV DataCenter, and select Edit Server from the context menu.
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Reconfigure the applicable settings.
For more information about these settings, see Adding a server.
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To save the new settings, click OK.

Removing a server

1
Start the Backup Job Wizard, and click next to the Selections list.
2
Open the NetVault Client or the NetVault Server where the Plug‑in for Red Hat Virtualization is installed, and then open RHV plug-in.
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Click the server, and select Remove Server from the context menu.
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In the confirmation dialog box, click OK.

 

Backing up data

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About backup methods and types
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Backup and recovery strategy
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Adding patterns to use for inclusion and exclusion of VMs
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Performing backups
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Using backup policies
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