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  2. NetBackup™ Web UI Cloud Administrator's Guide
  3. Managing and protecting cloud assets
  4. Managing policies for cloud assets
  5. Configuring the cloud assets for IaaS
NetBackup™ Web UI Cloud Administrator's Guide

Configuring the cloud assets for IaaS

The Cloud assets tab lets you configure assets like virtual machines, applications, and volumes in the cloud. You can also select existing intelligent groups to configure in the cloud environment.

The cloud assets for backup differ as per the cloud provider. They are:

Table: Cloud asset type IaaS against the cloud provider

Cloud provider

Cloud assets for backup

Amazon Web Services

Virtual machine

Application

Volume

Google Cloud Provider

Virtual machine

Application

Volume

Microsoft Azure

Virtual machine

Application

Volume

Microsoft Azure Stack Hub

Virtual machine

Application

Volume

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

Virtual machine

Oracle applications

To add asset to the policy

  1. On the Cloud assets tab, select the Provider from the dropdown.
  2. Select the asset type from the Assets for backup dropdown.
  3. Click on the Add assets.
  4. The Add assets pane displays the asset type (virtual machine, application, or volume) selected in step 2. Select a single or a multiple asset type.

    Select one or more assets or intelligent groups from the Add asset pane.

  5. Click Add. The asset type is added in the list on the Cloud asset tab.

You can remove the asset using the Remove option.

To remove the asset

  1. On the Cloud assets tab, you can remove the asset type (virtual machine, application, or volume) from the list.
  2. Select the check box against the asset type and click Remove. You can also use the remove option from the Actions > Remove.

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