Backup options and Advanced options
The user can adjust the following settings when subscribing to a protection plan.
Table: Backup options for protection plans
Option | Description |
|---|---|
Select server or host to use for backups | The host that performs backups on behalf of the virtual machines. Users can choose to have NetBackup pick the media server, based on the storage unit. Or, the user can select another host from the list. These hosts are other media servers in the environment or hosts that are configured as an access host. |
If a snapshot exists, perform the following action | Specifies the action that NetBackup takes when a snapshot is discovered before NetBackup creates a new snapshot for the virtual machine backup. For example, users can choose to stop a backup if any snapshots exist. If snapshots are not automatically deleted, the performance of the virtual machine may eventually decline. Undeleted snapshots can cause restore failures due to lack of disk space. |
Exclude selected virtual disks from backups | Specifies the virtual disks to exclude from backups. |
Table: Advanced options for protection plans
Option | Description |
|---|---|
Enable virtual machine quiesce | By default, I/O on the virtual machine is quiesced before NetBackup creates the snapshot. In the majority of cases, you should use this default. Without quiescing file activity, data consistency in the snapshot cannot be guaranteed. If you disable the quiesce, you must analyze the backup data for consistency. |
Allow the restore of application data from virtual machine backups | This option allows users to restore application data from full backups of the virtual machine. If this option is disabled, you can recover the entire virtual machine from the backup, but you cannot recover the databases individually. Note that in NetBackup 8.3 or earlier, application data for Microsoft Exchange Server or Microsoft SharePoint Server must be restored with the NetBackup Backup, Archive, and Restore interface. Data for Microsoft SQL Server must be restored with the NetBackup MS SQL Client. See the documentation for your NetBackup database agent for more details. |
Transport mode | Specifies the transport mode to use for backups or how to read the data from the datastore. For more information on transport modes, see the vendor documentation for your virtualization environment. |
Snapshot retry options |