IMPORTANT: RHV may prohibit snapshots for some VMs, which makes those VMs unavailable to select for backups.
RHV does not allow snapshots of VMs with a “Stateless” or “Suspended” status. |
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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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Next to the Selections list, click . |
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In the Plugin Options list, select an existing Backup Options Set, or complete the following steps to create a set: |
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Next to the Plugin Options list, click . |
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Select the Backup Type: |
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Full: This option backs up a VM configuration and its associated disks. It applies to all of the VMs selected in the selection set. A Full Backup depends on no other backups and can be restored in one step. If this is the first backup for the selection, you must select this option. |
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Incremental: This option backs up the current VM configuration and only the disk blocks for all disks of a VM that have changed since the last Full or Incremental Backup. This method applies to all VMs selected in the selection set. |
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Differential: This option backs up the current VM configuration and the disk blocks for all disks of a VM that have changed since the last Full Backup. This method applies to all VMs selected in the selection set. |
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To submit the job for scheduling, click Save & Submit. |
As a result, when you select Incremental Backup for the Backup Type, the plug-in creates a Full Backup of MyVM2 in Step 4 and an Incremental of that VM in Step 5. When you select Differential Backup for the Backup Type, the plug-in creates a Full Backup of MyVM2 in Step 4 and Step 5. |
You can use policies to submit one or more jobs that target one or more similar clients. The following procedure outlines the basic process. For more information, see the Quest NetVault Administrator’s Guide.
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In the Navigation pane, click Manage Policies. |
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Click Add Clients, and select the applicable RHV clients. |
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To save the policy definition, click Save Policy. |
IMPORTANT: Plug‑in for Red Hat Virtualization does not restore RHV Guest Agents as part of the recovery process.
The plug-in excludes shared disks from backups, which makes them unavailable for a restore. |
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In the Navigation pane, click Create Restore Job. |
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Restore All Using Defaults: To restore all VMs from the saveset using the prepopulated defaults, click this button, and proceed to Step 6. |
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Restore: To use the Create Selection Set page to select the items that you want to restore, click this button and proceed to the next step. |
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On the Create Selection Set page, expand the selection tree, select the VMs that you need to restore. |
You must select at least one bootable disk for the VM to start. |
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Click . |
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In the Plug‑in for Red Hat Virtualization Restore Options dialog box, configure the following applicable options: |
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Recover entire VM: To restore a VM and one or more virtual disks to the same cluster, select this option. |
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Recover Disk: To restore one or more disks of the selected VMs, select this option. |
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In the VM to restore disk to text box, enter the name of a VM that exists in the same RHV cluster and storage domain as the backup proxy VM. |
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Power-on VM after recovery: If you selected Recover entire VM and you want to enable power to the VM after the restore is successfully completed, select this option. |
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Delete original VM after recovery: If you selected Recover entire VM and you want to delete the original VM, select this option. |
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VM to restore disk to: Only if you selected Restore Disk, enter the name of a VM that exists in the same RHV cluster and storage domain as the backup proxy VM. |
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In Job Name, specify a name for the job. |
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In the Target Client list, verify that the client from which data was backed up is selected. |
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