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  2. NetBackup™ for Nutanix AHV Administrator's Guide
  3. API and command line options for AHV
  4. Additional NetBackup options for AHV configuration
NetBackup™ for Nutanix AHV Administrator's Guide

Additional NetBackup options for AHV configuration

Use the following NetBackup command options for additional AHV configuration:

NUTANIX_AUTODISCOVERY_INTERVAL option for NetBackup servers. This option controls how often NetBackup scans the AHV clusters to discover virtual machines to display in the NetBackup web UI.

NetBackup attempts auto discovery first with the same host for which the last discovery attempt was successful. If auto discovery fails with that host, NetBackup tries again with other hosts in the following order:

  1. NetBackup primary server

  2. Access host, client, or proxy server

  3. Media server

Table:

Usage

Important variables and options

POST
/netbackup/asset-service/queries
GET
/netbackup/asset-service/queries/{aqcId}
  • clusterName is the name of the AHV cluster.

  • backuphost is hostname of a NetBackup client.

  • credentialName are credentials associated with AHV cluster.

tpconfig command

  • virtual_machine is the name of the AHV cluster.

  • vm_type is 9. The number 9 stands for AHV cluster.

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