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NetVault Plug-in for RHV 13.0 - User Guide

Performing 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.
You can also start the wizard from the Guided Configuration link. In the Navigation pane, click Guided Configuration. On the NetVault Configuration Wizard page, click Create backup jobs.
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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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Click Save, enter a name in the Create New Set dialog box, and click Save.
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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:
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.
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.
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.

To back up VMs with large disks, use four or less streams.

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In Set Name, specify a name for the set, and click Save.
For more information about these sets, see the Quest NetVault Administrator’s Guide.
To save the job definition without scheduling it, click Save. You can view, edit, or run this job from the Manage Job Definitions page. This job is not displayed on the Job Status page until you submit it.
You can monitor the job progress from the Job Status page and view the logs from the View Logs page.

Example:

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.

For more information about Job Status, View Logs, and Manage Job Definitions, see the Quest NetVault Administrator’s Guide.

Using backup policies

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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On the Manage Policies page, click the browse button, and select Add.
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Enter a Policy Name, and click Add job.
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On the Create Policy Job page, complete the applicable sections, and click Save.
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Click Add Clients, and select the applicable RHV clients.

 

Restoring data

Restoring image-level backups

Before you begin an image-level restore, which restores an entire VM, verify that the names of the VMs that you want to restore uses only alphanumeric and “.”, “-”, and “_” characters in their names:

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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When you select a saveset, the following details are displayed in the Saveset Information area: Job ID, job title, server name, client name, plug-in name, saveset date and time, retirement setting, Incremental Backup or not, Archive or not, saveset size, and snapshot-based backup or not.
Restore All Using Defaults: To restore all VMs from the saveset using the prepopulated defaults, click this button, and proceed to Step 6.
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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In the Plug‑in for Red Hat Virtualization Restore Options dialog box, configure the following applicable options:
Recover entire VM: To restore a VM and one or more virtual disks to the same cluster, select this option.
Recover Disk: To restore one or more disks of the selected VMs, select this option.
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.
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.
Delete original VM after recovery: If you selected Recover entire VM and you want to delete the original VM, select this option.
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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To save the settings, click OK, and then click Next.
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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.
For more information about these sets, see the Quest NetVault Administrator’s Guide.
You can monitor the job progress from the Job Status page and view the logs from the View Logs page. For more information about these functions, see the Quest NetVault Administrator’s Guide.
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