Post vCenter events option (VMware advanced attributes)
The option is available on the VMware tab of a NetBackup policy in the VMware advanced attributes section.
Post vCenter events enables NetBackup to send backup related events to the vCenter server.
Note the following:
To post events to vCenter, NetBackup must perform the backup through a vCenter server. If NetBackup accesses the ESX server directly, the backup information cannot be displayed in vSphere Client.
You must set the required permissions in vCenter:
If a vSphere administrator created an attribute named NB_LAST_BACKUP of type Global, NetBackup cannot post backup events to that attribute. You must remove the NB_LAST_BACKUP attribute from vSphere. Make sure that Post vCenter events is set to All Events or Error Events. At the next backup, NetBackup creates a NB_LAST_BACKUP attribute of type Virtual Machine and posts events to that attribute.
Post vCenter events also records the date and time of the last successful backup of the virtual machine:
The date and time appear in vSphere Client on the Summary tab as a custom attribute under Annotations. The attribute is labeled NB_LAST_BACKUP.
The date and time appear in vSphere Web Client on the Virtual Machines display.
The events can also be viewed with the NetBackup vSphere Client (HTML5) plug-in:
See Viewing NetBackup activity in vSphere Client (HTML5).
For instructions on installing and using the NetBackup plug-in, see the NetBackup Plug-in for VMware vSphere Client (HTML5) Guide.
More information is available about how to allow NetBackup to send backup-related events and create and set custom attributes or annotations.
See Optional permissions for better integration with VMware vSphere.