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  2. NetBackup™ for Red Hat Virtualization Administrator's Guide
  3. Managing Red Hat Virtualization servers
  4. Add or browse an Red Hat Virtualization manager
NetBackup™ for Red Hat Virtualization Administrator's Guide

Add or browse an Red Hat Virtualization manager

You can add and browse Red Hat Virtualization managers and their credentials.

To add Red Hat Virtualization managers and their credentials

  1. On the left, click Workloads > Red Hat Virtualization then click the Red Hat Virtualization managers tab.
  2. Click Add to add an Red Hat Virtualization manager and enter the following:
    • Red Hat Virtualization manager name

    • Access credentials

    • Select a backup host using the Backup host for validation

    • Port number (optional)

    Note:

    NetBackup recommends that you use the FQDN to add the Red Hat Virtualization Manager. Using an IP address or short name to add the Red Hat Virtualization Manager can create duplicate entries and cause issues during RBAC enforcement.

    See Add a backup host to the NetBackup primary server.

  3. Click Save.
  4. To add another Red Hat Virtualization Manager credentials, click Add.
Inline actions on Red Hat Virtualization manager

You can run the following inline actions on an Red Hat Virtualization manager:

  • Discover: Manually discovers the VM assets that belong to the selected Red Hat Virtualization manager.

  • Edit: Modify the Red Hat Virtualization manager credentials.

  • Delete: Removes the Red Hat Virtualization manager.

Bulk actions on Red Hat Virtualization managers

You can select one or more Red Hat Virtualization managers and run the following bulk actions:

  • Validate credentials: Validates the credentials of the Red Hat Virtualization manager.

  • Delete: Removes the Red Hat Virtualization managers.

Browse an Red Hat Virtualization manager

You can browse the Red Hat Virtualization managers and clusters to locate VMs and view their details such as their protection plans and recovery points.

To browse Red Hat Virtualization managers

  1. On the left, click Red Hat Virtualization.
  2. Click Workloads > Red Hat Virtualization to begin searching.

    The list includes the Red Hat Virtualization managers and clusters that you have access to.

    The tab shows the Red Hat Virtualization managers and clusters that you can access in the following hierarchy:

    All
    RHV_Managers
    	RHV_Manager1
    		Cluster1
    		Cluster2
    	RHV_Manager2
    		Cluster3
    		Cluster4

    To locate a server, you can enter a string in the search field.

  3. Click the Red Hat Virtualization manager to view details.

    You can navigate back to a higher level by clicking the up-arrow.

  4. Click on a VM to view its protection status, recovery points, and restore activity.
  5. Click Add protection to subscribe the VM to a plan.

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