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NetVault Plug-in for Nutanix AHV 13.0 - User 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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In the Navigation pane, click Manage Policies.
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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.
4
On the Create Policy Job page, complete the applicable sections, and click Save.
 
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TIP: You can use the inclusion- and exclusion-pattern feature to select which VMs to back up. For more information, see Adding patterns to use for inclusion and exclusion of VMs.
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Click Add Clients, and select the applicable Nutanix clients.
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To save the policy definition, click Save Policy.

Restarting a backup job

If you opted to enable restartable backups, you can restart the backup of any virtual machine whose previous backup may have failed.

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In the Navigation pane, click Job Status.
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In the list of jobs, select the job for the failed virtual machine and click Restart.
The restarted job backs up only the virtual machine that previously failed.

Restoring data

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Restoring image-level backups
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Performing disk-level recovery
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Using other restore procedures

Restoring image-level backups

You can perform an image-level recovery, which restores the entire VM. The process restores files either to their original location or to a location specified by you when you create a selection set and enter information in the Rename/Relocate dialog box.

 
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IMPORTANT: Nutanix guest tools (NGT) are not restored as part of the recovery process.

This process includes the steps outlined in the following topics:

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Prerequisites for image-level restore
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Selecting data for an image-level restore
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Setting image-level restore options
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Finalizing and submitting an image-level restore job
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