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  2. NetBackup™ for Nutanix AHV Administrator's Guide
  3. Protecting AHV virtual machines
  4. Backup AHV VMs or intelligent groups using Policy
NetBackup™ for Nutanix AHV Administrator's Guide

Backup AHV VMs or intelligent groups using Policy

The following is the procedure to protect a Nutanix-AHV asset using a policy.

Steps to configure policy to backup an asset

  1. Log in to the NetBackup web UI.
  2. Click Protection and then click Policies.
  3. Click Add. Create policy page is displayed.
  4. On the Attribute tab, perform the following actions:
    • Specify the Policy name.

    • Select Nutanix-AHV as the Policy type.

    • Configure the other values, as required.

  5. On the Schedules tab, click Add and specify the backup schedule parameters.
  6. Click Virtual machines tab and select Intelligent groups or Individual virtual machines options.
  7. Click Nutanix-AHV tab and select the server or host to backup.
  8. Click Create.

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