About backup of virtual machines in an SCVMM environment
Note: The NetBackup Add-in for SCVMM is not supported in NetBackup 10.0 and later.
A NetBackup Hyper-V Intelligent policy can protect VMs that Microsoft's System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) manages. By means of queries in the policy's Query Builder, a policy can discover and back up the VMs on all the Hyper-V servers that SCVMM manages.
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To restore the VMs, you can use the NetBackup Backup, Archive, and Restore interface.
Figure: NetBackup for Hyper-V under SCVMM shows NetBackup in an SCVMM environment. SCVMM manages multiple Hyper-V servers. A NetBackup policy can discover and back up the VMs on all the Hyper-V servers.
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This SCVMM feature requires NetBackup's Hyper-V Intelligent Policy (automatic selection of VMs through a predefined query).
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This SCVMM feature adds a new capability: For VMs that reside under SCVMM, NetBackup can identify and back up VMs by their host name even if they are shut down.
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In an SCVMM managed environment, dynamic optimization can trigger more frequent migration. If there are frequent retries happening, configure VM optimization actions correctly to manage VM migrations.
The following topics contain further information on NetBackup for Hyper-V with SCVMM:
See Creating a Hyper-V policy for automatic virtual machine selection.
See Examples for the NetBackup Query Builder.