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vRanger 7.8 - User Guide

Introduction Configuring vRanger
Configuration overview Configuring vRanger through the Startup Wizard Configuring vRanger manually Supplemental instructions: additional repository types
Using vRanger Backup Restore Replicate VMs Reports Integrating and monitoring vRanger Using the vRanger Console vAPI Cmdlet details
Add-BackupGroupEntity Add-BackupJobTemplate Add-CIFSRepository Add-DdbReplicationRepository Add-DdbRepository Add-EsxHost Add-HypervCluster Add-HypervHost Add-HypervRestoreJobTemplate Add-NFSRepository Add-NVSDRepository Add-PhysicalMachine Add-RdaRepository Add-ReplicationJobTemplate Add-RestoreFromManifestJobTemplate Add-RestoreJobTemplate Add-VirtualAppforLinuxFLR Add-VirtualAppforLinuxFLRVA Add-VirtualCenter Disable-Job Dismount-LinuxVolume Enable-Job Get-AddressBook Get-BackupGroupEntity Get-CatalogSearchData Get-CatalogStatus Get-ConfigOption Get-Connection Get-CurrentTemplateVersionID Get-Datastore Get-GlobalTransportFailover Get-InventoryEntity Get-IsInventoryRefreshing Get-Job Get-JobTemplate Get-MonitorLog Get-Network Get-PhysicalMachineDiskMap Get-Repository Get-RepositoryJob Get-RepositorySavePoint Get-RestoreDiskMap Get-SavepointDisk Get-SavepointManifest Get-Savepoints Get-TransportFailover Get-VirtualApplianceConfig Get-VirtualApplianceDeploymentStatus Get-VirtualApplianceReconfigStatus Get-VirtualMachinesUnderInventory Get-VmDisk Get-VMDKVolume Install-VirtualAppliance Mount-LinuxVolume New-BackupFlag New-BackupGroupMember New-Daily Schedule New-EmailAddress New-IntervalSchedule New-MonthlySchedule New-ReplicationFlag New-RestoreFlag New-SMTPServer New-TransportConfiguration New-VirtualAppliance New-WeeklySchedule New-YearlySchedule Remove-AllMount Remove-BackupGroupEntity Remove-BackupGroupMember Remove-Catalog Remove-DdbStorageUnit Remove-JobTemplate Remove-LinuxVolume Remove-Repository Remove-SavePoint Remove-VirtualAppliance Remove-VirtualApplianceConfiguration Run-JobsNow Run-ReplicationFailover Run-ResumeReplicationFailover Run-TestReplicationFailover Set-Cataloging Set-CBTonVM Set-LinuxVolume Set-MountPath Set-Resources Stop-vRangerJob Update-BackupJobTemplate Update-GlobalTransportFailover Update-HypervRestoreJobTemplate Update-Inventory Update-ReplicationJobTemplate Update-RestoreJobTemplate Update-VirtualAppliance Update-VirtualApplianceConfiguration
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Performing vRanger sweep-to-tape using Quest NetVault Backup

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Integrating and monitoring vRanger > Integrating vRanger: overview > Performing vRanger sweep-to-tape using Quest NetVault Backup

The vRanger backup administrator creates an on-demand (not scheduled), incremental job with a specific name, appending -Tape as a case-sensitive suffix — for example, any-jobname-Tape. The -Tape suffix can be changed by editing the Windows PowerShell® script if you prefer something else. There should be a dedicated repository for each on-demand job.
vRanger on Windows Server® 2008, 2008 R2, or 2012.
Scenario 1: vRanger and NetVault Backup are on the same server:
Windows PowerShell® — PowerShell and vRanger must always be installed on the same server.
NOTE: When installing vRanger and NetVault Backup on the same server, do not install the Quest NetVault Backup Plug-in for VMware®.
Scenario 2: vRanger and NetVault Backup are running on different servers:
Windows PowerShell® contains an execution policy that determines whether scripts are allowed to run, and whether they must be digitally signed before they can run. While the default policy is set to block the execution of such scripts, the following topic details the process for enabling this option.
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Click Start > All Programs > Quest > vRanger Backup & Replication > vRanger Console.
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To accept the change, type Y and press Enter.
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Click Start > All Programs > Quest > vRanger Backup & Replication > vRanger Backup & Replication.
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Right-click your preferred target, select Add, and then click the type of storage you want to add.
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In the navigation pane on the left, select My Inventory, and then locate the machine or machines you want to include in the backup.
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Right-click the computer name, and select Backup <machine name> on the context menu.
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On the Virtual Machine Hard Disk Inclusion page, select the disks in the machine to include in the backup job, and then click Next.
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On the repository Selection page, select the target repository created in Creating a sweep-to-tape vRanger repository, and then click Next.
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If the vRanger Transport Selection page appears, select whether to use Automatic transport or to customize the transport method, and then click Next.
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On the Options Selection page, select your preferred backup options, and then click Next.
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On the Retention Policy Selection page, determine how many savepoints to keep, and whether to capture Full, Incremental, or Differential backups; click Next.
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On the Recurrence Schedule Selection page, select This will be an on demand job, and click Next.
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On the Email Notifications Selection page, specify who to notify when the job has finished running by entering one or more names and email addresses to be notified, and click Next.
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On the Summary page, review the Summary window to make sure that your configuration is correct, and then do the following:
Leave the option to Run the job after Finish is clicked cleared.
Click Finish to save the job and close the Backup Wizard.
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To view or access the job, click My Jobs in the left-pane, and then select On Demand jobs under My Jobs.
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In Job Name, specify a name for the job; for example, vRanger_Sweep_to_Tape.
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In the Selections list, click Create New, select the preferred NetVault Backup machine from the list of servers, and then double-click it to see a list of identified source devices for this server.
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In the Plugin Options list, select an existing Backup Options Set, or click Create New, and configure the options that you want to use.
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In the Schedule list, select an existing Schedule Set, or click Create New, and configure the schedule type and schedule method.
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In the Target Storage list, click Create New, and then do the following:
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On the Create Target Set page, click Device Selection.
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Select Specify Device for a list of available devices.
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Click Set to save the settings and close the dialog box.
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On the Create Target Set page, click Media Options, and configure the settings to set specific policies to target specific media, label blank media, or specify whether to reuse media with existing data.
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Next to the Advanced Options list, Create New, and configure the options that you want to use.
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On the Advanced Options page, click Pre & Post Scripts, and select Pre Script, and then enter the following in the entry field:
You can monitor the job progress from the Job Status page and view the logs from the View Logs page.
NOTE: A job that uses the Schedule type of Triggered is only scheduled when you run the script.
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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, and saveset size.
NOTE: If the backup index of the selected saveset is offline, the Confirm load dialog box is displayed. Click OK to load the index from the backup media, and then in the Load Index dialog box, type or select the number of days you want to store the index in the NetVault Database.
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On the Create Selection Set page, select the archive, for example, vRanger_Sweep_to_Tape, that you want to restore, and click Next.
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On the Create Restore Job page, specify a name for the job.
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In the Target Client list, location to restore the file set from the list of available machines.
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In the Schedule list, use the default, Immediate, to run the job when it is submitted.
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In the Source Options list, select the media from which to restore the archive.
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Click Submit to run the job.
You can monitor the job progress from the Job Status page and view the logs from the View Logs page.
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Select the VM containing the data to restore, and then click File Level Restore in the top menu to start the process.
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Click Restore to start the recovery, which extracts the files from the vRanger repository for immediate access.

Using deduplication with Quest NetVault SmartDisk and vRanger

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Integrating and monitoring vRanger > Integrating vRanger: overview > Using deduplication with Quest NetVault SmartDisk and vRanger

For more information about integrating vRanger and NetVault SmartDisk, see the Quest vRanger Integration Guide for Quest NetVault SmartDisk.

Using Data Domain and vRanger repositories

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Integrating and monitoring vRanger > Integrating vRanger: overview > Using Data Domain and vRanger repositories

vRanger and EMC® Data Domain® appliances provide a simple and efficient method for backing up and recovering VMware® environments. vRanger provides significant enhancements regarding architecture, performance, and communications over traditional backup solutions. Data Domain provides superior data de-duplication capabilities. The combination of vRanger and Data Domain Technology dramatically reduces your backup and recovery time for VMs on VMware® ESXi™ hosts.
For more information about integrating vRanger and Data Domain, see the Quest vRanger Integration Guide for EMC® Data Domain® Boost (DD Boost™).

Monitoring vRanger

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vRanger can be configured to log events to the Windows® Event Viewer on the vRanger machine. These events can be filtered and monitored using the Microsoft System Center Operations Manager to monitor replication functions in line with other IT operations. When monitoring is enabled, vRanger creates a vRanger Service node on the local Event Viewer.
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