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NetVault Plug-in for VMware 13.1 - User Guide

Introducing NetVault Plug-in for VMware Installing the plug-in Configuring the plug-in Defining a backup strategy Using the image-level backup method Using the file-level backup method Restoring image-level backups Restoring file-level backups Troubleshooting

Performing file-level restores from image-level backups

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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.

Saveset is online (all segments are online).

Saveset is partially online (some segments are online).

Saveset is offline (all segments are offline).

Client

Displays savesets created for particular clients. The default selection is Any.

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In the Choose Client dialog box, select the clients.

Plugin Type

Displays savesets created using a particular plug-in. The default selection is Any.

Date

Displays savesets created during a specified period. The default selection is Any.

Job

Displays savesets created for particular jobs. The default selection is Any.

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In the Choose Job dialog box, select the jobs.
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.
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On the Create Selection Set page, open the applicable container nodes — that is, the vCenter, Datacenter, ESXi Host Cluster, and ESXi Server — to list the virtual machine images stored in the saveset.
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Open the Volumes node.
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In the Plug‑in for VMware Restore Options dialog box, click the Restore Files tab, and configure the following options:

Files Restore

To perform file-level restores from image-level backups, select this option.

Target Directory

Type the full path to the directory to which you want to restore the virtual machine disk and configuration files. The target directory must be local to the NetVault Client on which the Plug‑in for VMware is running. Currently, mapped network drives, mounted network shares, and UNC paths are not supported.

The plug-in does not verify whether you have specified a local or remote directory. If plug-in cannot access the specified path, the job fails.

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To save the settings, click Save, 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.

Restore selection tree icons

Virtual machine

Failed virtual machine (is displayed in a saveset for stopped job)

Volume

Partition

Configuration file

NVRAM file

Virtual machine disk file

Disk extent information file

Log file

Catalog file

Recovering a virtual machine using Instant Restore

The ability to instantly restore a virtual machine is only available for backups that were created using continuous data protection (CDP) and a NetVault Core that uses QoreStor 7.1.2 or later for data storage.

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On the Create Restore Job — Choose Saveset page, from the saveset table provided select the saveset that contains the CDP backup that you want to restore.
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On the Create Select Set page, select the CDP image that you want to restore.
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On the Create Selection Set page, click Edit Plug-in Options.
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Plug‑in for VMware Restore Options dialog box, depending on your VMware environment, configure one of the following options:
Cluster setup: In a cluster setup managed by a VMware vCenter Server, configure the following options on the Restore virtual machine to vCenter tab.

Recover virtual machine to vCenter

To restore a virtual machine or one or more virtual drives to the same vCenter Server or a different one, select this option.

Options required for Instant Restores to same and alternate vCenter

Use Instant Restore

Under Instant Restore Details, to restore the VM to a temporary datastore before completing a permanent restore, select this option.

Migrate Instant Restore VM

Optionally, if you selected Use Instant Restore, to automatically migrate the restored VM from the temporary datastore to a permanent location, select this option and then enter the path of the Target Datastore.

Remove devices (Network, CD-Rom) of VM

Optionally, to exclude devices such as networks and CD-Roms from the restored VM, select this option.

Options required for Instant Restore to an alternate vCenter

Alternate Resource Pool Path

A resource pool represents the processor and memory resources that are available to an ESXi Server Host or a cluster of hosts. These resources are made available to the individual virtual machines controlled by the host. Resource pools can be configured in terms of absolute minimum and maximum quantities or relative shares. To run a virtual machine, it must be allocated a resource pool.

By default, a virtual machine is allocated to its original resource pool during restore. To allocate a virtual machine to an alternate resource pool, specify the target resource pool in this box. Use the following format to specify the resource pool:

/Pool-A/Pool-B/.../Pool<n>

Here, Pool<n> is the target resource pool, Pool-A is the child of the root resource pool, Pool-B is the child of Pool-A, and so on. This format allows you to specify a resource pool at any arbitrary depth within the hierarchy. To allocate the virtual machine to the root resource pool, type the “/” character.

Note the following:

Alternate Datastore

A datastore represents a storage location for virtual machine files. It can be a VMFS volume, directory on Network Attached Storage, or local file system path. A datastore is platform- and host-independent.

To change the datastore for a virtual machine, specify the destination datastore name for the virtual machine. You can use this option when the original datastore is unavailable, inaccessible, or cannot hold the virtual machine due to lack of space. Verify that the name is correct and the datastore is accessible to the ESXi Server Host. When you configure an alternate datastore, all virtual drive and configuration files associated with a virtual machine are restored to a single datastore. Verify that the target datastore has sufficient disk space to hold the virtual machine files.

Restore fails if the datastore is invalid or inaccessible or does not have sufficient space to store virtual machine files.

NOTE: Although Instant Restore creates its own NFS datastore on QoreStor, a value for Alternate Datastore is required. For migration, use the same value.

Alternate ESXi Host Address

By default, the plug-in enters the address for the current ESXi host in this field. If you want to restore the virtual machine to a different ESXi host, update the address for the ESXi host in this field. The host can be for the same vCenter Server or a different one.

To Instant Restore to an alternate vCenter, an alternate ESXi host address is required.

Alternate vCenter Address

If you want to restore the virtual machine to a different vCenter, update the address for the vCenter in this field. The host can be for the same vCenter Server or a different one.

To Instant Restore to an alternate vCenter, an alternate vCenter address is required.

Port Number

If you want to use a custom port number, type it here. Otherwise, the plug-in uses 443 as the default port.

User Name

Specify a user account that can be used to log in to the vCenter Server. The user account must have privileges to register or create virtual machines

Password

Type the password for the user account.

Standalone ESXi Server setup: In a standalone ESXi Server setup, click the Restore virtual machine to standalone ESXi host tab, and configure the following options.

Alternate Datastore

A datastore represents a storage location for virtual machine files. It can be a VMFS volume, directory on Network Attached Storage, or local file system path. A datastore is platform- and host-independent.

To change the datastore for a virtual machine, specify the destination datastore name for the virtual machine. You can use this option when the original datastore is unavailable, inaccessible, or cannot hold the virtual machine due to lack of space. Verify that the name is correct and the datastore is accessible to the ESXi Server Host. When you configure an alternate datastore, all virtual drive and configuration files associated with a virtual machine are restored to a single datastore. Verify that the target datastore has sufficient disk space to hold the virtual machine files.

Restore fails if the datastore is invalid or inaccessible or does not have sufficient space to store virtual machine files.

Use Instant Restore

Under Instant Restore Details, to restore the VM to a temporary datastore before completing a permanent restore, select this option.

Remove devices (Network, CD-Rom) of VM

Optionally, to exclude devices such as networks and CD-Roms from the restored VM, select this option.

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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.
When the job is complete, the status reads VM is waiting. Ready for abort, which means that the temporary VM is available on the QoreStor repository to view from VMware.
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On the Job Status page, after the restore job is finished, complete one of the following options:
If you selected Migrate Instant Restore VM, then the restored VM is available on the migration location. NetVault automatically removes the temporary datastore and the restore completes.
If you only selected Use Instant Restore, then complete one of the following options:

Restoring virtual machine disk and configuration files

The procedure for restoring virtual machine disk and configuration files from an image-level backup includes the steps outlined in the following sections:

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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.

Saveset is online (all segments are online).

Saveset is partially online (some segments are online).

Saveset is offline (all segments are offline).

Client

Displays savesets created for particular clients. The default selection is Any.

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In the Choose Client dialog box, select the clients.

Plugin Type

Displays savesets created using a particular plug-in. The default selection is Any.

Date

Displays savesets created during a specified period. The default selection is Any.

Job

Displays savesets created for particular jobs. The default selection is Any.

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In the Choose Job dialog box, select the jobs.
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.
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On the Create Selection Set page, select the image from which you want to restore the disk and configuration files.
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In the Plug‑in for VMware Restore Options dialog box, click the Restore Files tab, and configure the following options:

Files Restore

To perform file-level restores from image-level backups, select this option.

Target Directory

Type the full path to the directory to which you want to restore the virtual machine disk and configuration files. The target directory must be local to the NetVault Client on which the Plug‑in for VMware is running. Currently, mapped network drives, mounted network shares, and UNC paths are not supported.

The plug-in does not verify whether you have specified a local or remote directory. If plug-in cannot access the specified path, the job fails.

Split Restored Virtual Disks

This option can be used when restoring virtual drive files to the local file system. If the check box is selected, the plug-in splits the “.vmdk” file into 2 GiB files. If you clear the check box, the plug-in restores the “.vmdk” file is as a single disk file.

This option is only available to backups created using Plug‑in for VMware 10.0.5 and later. To force this behavior when restoring a backup created using Plug‑in for VMware 10.0.1 or an older version, configure this option in the vmware.cfg file:

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Open the vmware.cfg file in any text editor.
You can find this file in <NetVault home>\config on Windows and <NetVault home>/config on Linux.

The setting for this option in the Plug‑in for VMware Restore Options dialog box overrides the setting in the vmware.cfg file.

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To save the settings, click Save, 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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