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NetBackup™ Web UI VMware Administrator's Guide

Continuous data protection

Steps to configure CDP

Steps to configure CDP

To configure CDP for your workload you must perform the following tasks.

Operations on the VMware vCenter

Install the I/O filters by Veritas. See Veritas support knowledge base article on Deploying an IO Filter solution to a cluster using VMware MOB.
Attach the storage policy to ESXi. For details, see Veritas support knowledge base article on How to create vtstap storage policy in VMware vCenter

Operations on the NetBackup console

Create an MSDP or OST-based storage for the backup destination. See the information on how to configure storage in the NetBackup Web UI Administrator's Guide.
Create a CDP gateway.
Create a CDP-based protection plan for your VMware workload. See the Managing protection plans chapter of the NetBackup Web UI Administrator's Guide.
Protect the required VMs with the protection plan.
Monitor jobs.

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Capacity-based licensing for CDP

Removing VMs from the CDP gateway

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