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  2. Veritas NetBackup™ for Hyper-V Administrator's Guide
  3. Introduction
  4. NetBackup administrator tasks for Hyper-V
Veritas NetBackup™ for Hyper-V Administrator's Guide

NetBackup administrator tasks for Hyper-V

The following are the tasks for the NetBackup administrator:

  • Install the NetBackup master server and media server.

    For information on licensing, contact your Veritas sales or partner representative.

    See the NetBackup Installation Guide.

  • Install a NetBackup client on each Hyper-V server. Only one NetBackup client is required on each Hyper-V server. As an option for restore, a client may be installed on a virtual machine.

    See About restoring individual files.

  • To back up VMs under the Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM), install a NetBackup client on the SCVMM server.

    See About backup of virtual machines in an SCVMM environment.

  • Add the name of the NetBackup master server to the client's server list. In the NetBackup Backup, Archive, and Restore interface, click File > Specify NetBackup Machines and Policy Type. Add the master server to the Server to use for backups and restores list.

  • Read the notes on NetBackup for Hyper-V.

    See NetBackup for Hyper-V notes and restrictions.

    See Notes on full virtual machine restore.

    See Notes on individual file restore.

  • Read the best practices.

    See Best practices.

  • Create a NetBackup policy for Hyper-V.

    See Creating a Hyper-V policy from the NetBackup Policies utility.

    See Creating a Hyper-V policy for automatic virtual machine selection.

  • Run a Hyper-V backup.

    See Backing up Hyper-V virtual machines.

  • Perform a restore.

    See About restoring individual files.

    See Restoring the full Hyper-V virtual machine.

  • To troubleshoot your configuration:

    See the Troubleshooting chapter.

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