New features and enhancements
NetBackup Self Service provides the capability for backups and restores of Nutanix applications in the form of virtual machines. The virtual machines in the Nutanix Prism Central and Nutanix Cluster are imported from the NetBackup environment and registered within Self Service. The import is performed on a tenant by tenant basis.
NetBackup Self Service lets you perform the operations shown:
Import Nutanix virtual machines for protection from NetBackup server.
Associate tenant with the Nutanix Prism Central and Nutanix Cluster import.
View discovered virtual machines.
Manage protection to protect Nutanix assets.
Backup now option is added to perform backup of Nutanix virtual machines.
Restore full Nutanix virtual machines.
Monitor backup and restore operations.
This screen is used to configure the storage name from the corresponding Backup server and corresponding protection plan name from NetBackup Self Service.
Added additional validation in Import Nutanix screen. The validation confirms that the selected primary server and selected protection plan have configured storage in Configure Storage screen. The validation is included to allow NetBackup Self Service to create storage on the fly when Nutanix protection is created.
A new configuration item that is called ESX Host Selection Algorithm is included in the NetBackup Adapter section. Three options are included: Random Match, Best Match, and First Match. The default is Random Match. This option is used when NetBackup Self Service tries to restore a VCD VM from one vApp to another if the source and the destination vApp are on different Organization vDCs.
NetBackup Self Service uses this option when it attempts to restore a VCD virtual machine from one vApp to another, when the source and destination vApp are on different Organization vDCs.
Allowed values for this setting are:
Random Match:
Randomly choose an ESX host A from all available ones.
For host A, randomly choose a resource pool.
For host A, choose the datastore with the maximum free space.
First Match:
Choose the first available ESX host A.
For host A, randomly choose a resource pool.
For host A, choose the datastore with the maximum free space.
Best Match:
Choose the ESX host A which is attached to the datastore with the maximum free space.
For host A, randomly choose a resource pool.
For host A, choose the datastore with the maximum free space.