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 Install and configure Agent for VMware (Virtual Appliance) or Agent for VMware (Windows).

Result. The machine with the agent (the virtual appliance or the Windows host) appears under

Machines with agents in the All machines with agents group. The virtual machines managed by

the agent appear under Virtual machines in the All virtual machines group.

 Install Agent for Hyper-V on a Hyper-V host or on all nodes of a Hyper-V cluster. Register the

agent(s) on the management server.

Result. The Hyper-V host (nodes) appears under Machines with agents in the All machines with

agents group. The virtual machines managed by the agent(s) appear under Virtual machines in

the All virtual machines group.

Virtual machines added to the management server as virtual machines are present under the Virtual

machines in the Navigation tree. For more information about available operations with these

machines see the "Backing up virtual machines" document.

15.4.4 Backup plans and tasks

The Backup plans and tasks view keeps you informed of data protection on the machines registered

on the management server. This view displays the centralized backup plans that exist on the

management server, the management server's and the storage nodes' tasks.

To check whether the data is successfully protected on the machines the centralized plan is deployed

to, inspect the cumulative status of the plan.

To find out whether a centralized backup plan is currently being deployed, removed, or updated,

check the deployment state of the plan. In each of the states, the backup plan can have one of the

following statuses: Error; Warning; OK.

To keep track of a task's current progress, examine its state (p. 328). Check a task status (p. 329) to

ascertain the result of a task.

Typical workflow

 Use filters to display the desired backup plans (tasks) in the backup plans table. By default, the

table displays all the plans of the managed machine sorted by name. Additionally, you can hide

the unneeded columns and show the hidden ones. For more information, see Sorting, filtering

and configuring table items (p. 29).

 In the table, select the backup plan (task).

 Use the toolbar's buttons to take an action on the selected plan (task). See the Actions on

centralized backup plans and tasks (p. 381) section for details.

 To review detailed information on the selected plan (task), use the information panel at the

bottom of the window. The panel is collapsed by default. To expand the panel, click the arrow

mark ( ). The content of the panel is also duplicated in the Plan details (p. 334) and Task details

(p. 335) windows respectively.

15.4.4.1 Actions on centralized backup plans and tasks

The following is a guideline for you to perform operations with tasks and centralized backup plans.