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NetVault Plug-in for Nutanix Files 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.
2
On the Manage Policies page, click Add.
3
Enter a Policy Name, and click Add job.
4
On the Create Policy Job page, complete the applicable sections, and click Save.
5
Click Add Clients, and select the applicable Nutanix clients.
6
To save the policy definition, click Save Policy.

 

Restoring data

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Restoring data using the plug-in
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Searching for files in savesets
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Viewing media list
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Renaming and relocating data during restore
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Restoring data to an alternate client

Restoring data using the plug-in

The following steps describe how to restore Nutanix Files data using Plug‑in for Nutanix Files.

 
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IMPORTANT: To restore access control lists, the backup user specified in the plug-in configuration should have administrator privileges on the Nutanix Files server or in Active Directory.
To restore data using the plug-in:
1
In the Navigation pane, click Create Restore Job.
On the Create Restore Job — Choose Saveset page, the saveset table provides a list of available savesets. The table shows the saveset name (Job Title and Saveset ID), creation date and time, saveset size, and saveset status.
The saveset status is indicated using the following icons.
 
Icon
Description

Saveset is online (all segments are online).

Saveset is partially online (some segments are online).

Saveset is offline (all segments are offline).

The saveset list is sorted alphabetically by saveset name. You can sort the list by a different column or reverse the sort order by clicking the column heading. The arrowhead next to the column name indicates the sort order.
You can click Load more to load the next set of records, if available. Each load action fetches a maximum of 5000 records. This button is disabled if there are no more records to load.
By default, the table is sorted by creation date and time. You can sort the table by one or more columns, as required.
NetVault Plug‑in for Nutanix Files web application supports multiple-column sorting for the tables. However, the first sorted column takes the highest precedence over the sorting of other columns. For example, if the table is sorted by the ‘Start Time’ as the primary sort, selecting sort options on the ‘ID/ Instance/ Phase’ column does not affect the list order.
To sort by a column, click the column header; to change the sort direction, click the column header again. Repeat this step for other columns by which you want to sort the table.
The arrowhead next to the column name indicates the sorting order (up for ascending order and down for descending order). A blue arrowhead is used to indicate the sort order for the primary column.
To remove a sort, click the column header for the corresponding column until the arrowhead is no longer displayed.
To choose the following actions in a column, click the column menu:
 
Option
Description

Sort Ascending

Sorts the column in ascending order.

Sort Descending

Sorts the column in descending order.

Columns

Select/ clear to show/ hide the required column (s).

To set the filter options, view the page size setting, sorting order in the table, export the records, or edit table settings, click the icons at the lower- right corner of the table.
For more information, see the topic on customizing tables in the NetVault WebUI in the Quest NetVault Administrator’s Guide.
2
Select the saveset that you want to use, and click Next.
When you select a saveset, the following details are displayed in the Saveset Information area: Job ID, job title, tag, server name, client name, plug-in name, saveset date and time, retirement setting, Incremental Backup or not, archive or not, and saveset size.
3
On the Create Selection Set page, select the data that you want to restore:
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Restore entire saveset: Select the primary or the root node.
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Restore individual items: Open the parent node, which is the server node and Mount Target node. Browse through the directory tree, and locate the files that you want to restore. To include a file or a directory, select the corresponding check box. When you select a parent node, all the child items within the node are automatically included in the restore job.
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Exclude child items: To exclude a file or directory within a selected parent node, click the corresponding check box to replace the check mark with a cross.
 
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On the Create Selection Set page, click Edit Plugin Options, and configure the following options.
 
Table 1. NetVault Plug‑in for Nutanix Files Restore Options
Option
Description

Overwrite Newer Files

By default, the plug-in overwrites existing files on the restore destination with the backed-up version in the saveset.

If you do not want to overwrite the existing files, clear this check box.

Reset File Timestamps

By default, timestamps for restored files are reset to what is recorded in the backup saveset.

To restore the files with current timestamp, clear the check box.

Reset Directory Timestamps

By default, directories are restored with current timestamp.

To reset the timestamp to what is recorded in the saveset, select this check box. To use this option, you must also select the Reset File Timestamps check box.

Maximum Number of Parallel Streams

By default, the maximum number of parallel streams is 4. The maximum number of streams permitted is 32.

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Click OK to save the settings, and then click Next.
6
On the Create Restore Job page, specify a name for the job. Assign a descriptive name that allows you to easily identify the job for monitoring its progress.
A job name can contain alphanumeric and non-alphanumeric characters, but it cannot contain non-Latin characters. There is no length restriction. However, a maximum of 40 characters is recommended on all platforms.
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In the Target Client list, the client from which data was backed up is selected by default. Do not change this setting.
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Select or create the Schedule Set, Restore Source Set, and Advanced Options Set. For more information about these sets, see the Quest NetVault Administrator’s Guide.
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Click Submit to submit the job for scheduling.
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.

Searching for files in savesets

The Search option on the Create Restore Job — Choose Saveset page allows you to find specific files or data items without opening any savesets or browsing through their contents. You can use filenames or regular expressions to find the data items that you want to restore.

To search for data items in savesets:
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On the Create Restore Job — Choose Saveset page, click Search.
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In the Search for files in savesets dialog box, configure the following options:
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Search String: Type the search string.
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Regular expression search: To use POSIX (Portable Operating System Interface for Unix) regular expressions instead of Elasticsearch in the Search String box, select this check box.
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Use legacy search method: This check box is displayed if both cataloged and non-cataloged savesets are included in the search.
If only non-cataloged savesets are included in the search (or if “Use legacy search method” option is selected), the legacy search is used.
If only cataloged savesets are included in the search (or if “Use legacy search method” option is not selected), the catalog search is used.
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To search the data items in one or more specific savesets, select the desired saveset (s) and click Search. If you do not select any saveset, then all savesets are included in the search. On the Search Results page, you can view the specified files or data items. The following search results page is displayed when catalog search is configured and enabled on your NetVault Plug‑in for Nutanix Files system.
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Select the items you want to restore. You can only restore items from one saveset.
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Click Restore selected items.
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Complete Step 3 through Step 9 in Restoring data using the plug-in.

For more information on searching for files in savesets, see the Quest NetVault Administrator’s Guide.

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