Protect VMs or intelligent VM groups
Use the following procedure to subscribe an asset (VMs or intelligent VM groups) to a protection plan. When you subscribe an asset to a protection plan, you assign predefined backup settings to the asset.
Note:
The RBAC role that is assigned to you must give you access to the assets that you want to manage and to the protection plans that you want to use.
To protect VMs or VM groups
- On the left, click VMware.
- On the Virtual machines tab or Intelligent VM groups tab, click the box for the VM or the VM group and click Add protection.
- Select a protection plan and click Next.
- If you have the necessary role permissions you can adjust one or more of the following settings:
Schedules and retention
Change when backups occur and the backup start window.
Backup options
Adjust the server or host to use for backups, snapshot options, and exclude options.
Advanced options
Change or enable any advanced options for the protection plan.
- Click Protect.
The results of your choices appear under Virtual machines or Intelligent VM groups.