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  2. NetBackup™ for VMware Administrator's Guide
  3. Configuring protection plans for VMware
  4. Protect VMs or intelligent VM groups
NetBackup™ for VMware Administrator's Guide

Protect VMs or intelligent VM groups

Use the following procedure to subscribe an asset (VMs or intelligent VM groups) to a protection plan. When you subscribe an asset to a protection plan, you assign predefined backup settings to the asset.

Note:

Protection plans are not supported for VMware Cloud Director VMs.

To protect VMs or VM groups

  1. On the left, click Workloads > VMware.
  2. On the Virtual machines tab or Intelligent VM groups tab, click the box for the VM or the VM group and click Add protection.
  3. Select a protection plan and click Next.
  4. Adjust any settings as necessary.
    • Change the backup start window.

      See Schedules.

    • Backup options and Advanced options.

      See Backup options and Advanced options.

  5. Click Protect.

    The results of your choices appear under Virtual machines or Intelligent VM groups.

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