Configuring a VMware policy to use NetBackup snapshot manager replication
Using the NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Data Center you can replicate the hardware snapshots of VMs. The replicated snapshots are accessed on VMware backup hosts to create point in time backup copies of VMs. The following procedure describes how to configure a VMware policy to use hardware snapshots and replication of VMs residing on NFS datastore.
See Configure a VMware policy.
See About automatic virtual machine selection.
Table: Configuration steps with description, and reference topics
Step | Description | Reference topic |
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1 | Register the Snapshot Manager server in NetBackup. | For more details, see the NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Data Center Administrator's Guide. |
2 | Configure the NAS storage array plug-in. | For more details, see the NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Data Center Administrator's Guide. |
3 | Add the VMware access host to your NetBackup configuration. | |
4 | Configure NetBackup access credentials for the VMware vCenter Server or ESX server. | See Add VMware servers. |
5 | Configure the SLP to use snapshot and replication. | For more details, refer to these chapters in the NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Data Center Administrator's Guide:
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6 | Configure a NetBackup VMware policy to perform the operations that are specified in the SLP. | See the procedure To create a policy to use VM hardware snapshot in the web UI in the following topic: See Configuring a VMware policy to use hardware snapshots. |