Overview of configuring and protecting AHV assets in the NetBackup web UI

Table: Steps to configure and protect AHV assets

Step	Action	Description
Step 1	Sign in to NetBackup web UI as the Default Security Administrator. Then add the AHV user to the Default AHV Administrator role.	Note: To perform the AHV administrator tasks, the Default AHV Administrator role has the minimum required permissions. See the Default AHV Administrator role in NetBackup Web UI Administrator's Guide.
Step 2	Configure the following for an AHV cluster: Configure secure communication between the AHV cluster and NetBackup host. Enable iSCSI on the NetBackup host which you want to use as backup or restore host. (Optional) Whitelist the backup host in Nutanix Prism console. Note: To use the NFS protocol on the Linux backup or recovery host, NFS allowed listing of the host on the Nutanix AHV Prism Console is required. For details, click here.	See Configure secure communication between the AHV cluster and NetBackup host.. See Install the iSCSI initiator package on Linux backup host. See Enable the iSCSI initiator service on windows backup host.
Step 3	Configure and manage AHV cluster.	See Configure Nutanix AHV cluster.
Step 4	Add and manage credentials.	See Add new cluster credentials.
Step 5	Configure an AHV protection plan.	See the NetBackup™ Web UI Administrator's Guide.
Step 6	Configure an Intelligent VM group.	See Create an intelligent VM group.
Step 7	Protect AHV VMs or intelligent VM groups.	See Protect AHV VMs or intelligent VM groups.
Step 8	Recover a VM.	See Recover an AHV virtual machine.