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  2. NetBackup™ for Nutanix AHV Administrator's Guide
  3. Managing AHV clusters
  4. Add a new Nutanix Prism Central
NetBackup™ for Nutanix AHV Administrator's Guide

Add a new Nutanix Prism Central

You can add and browse Nutanix Prism Central and their credentials.

To add Nutanix Prism Central and respective credentials

  1. On the left, click Nutanix AHV then click the Prism Central servers tab.
  2. Click Add to add an Nutanix Prism Central and enter the following:
    • Prism central server name

    • REST API port (default: 9440)

      This port must remain open between backup host and AHV cluster.

    • Backup host

      Note:

      Backup host version must be NetBackup 10.1.1 or later. And operating system must be either Linux (RHEL and SUSE) or Windows.

    • Associate credential

      Do one of the following:

      • When adding prism central server credentials for an existing credential, select the category as AHV Prism Central. For more information, see Managing Credentials in the NetBackup™ Web UI Administrator's Guide.

      • See Add new Prism Central server credentials.

  3. Click Add and Manage permissions

    Validations for all the inputs are performed.

    Select the roles you want to have access to this cluster. See Managing role-based access control in the NetBackup™ Web UI Administrator's Guide.

  4. To add another AHV Prism Central credentials, click Add.
Inline actions on Nutanix Prism Central

You can run the following inline actions on an Nutanix Prism Central:

  • Validate: Manually validates

  • Edit: Modify the backup host and Nutanix Prism Central credentials.

  • Delete: Removes the Nutanix Prism Central.

  • Manage Permissions: Used to add or manage the permissions on selected Prism Central.

Bulk actions on Nutanix Prism Central

You can select one or more Nutanix Prism Central and run the following bulk actions:

  • Validate

  • Delete

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