Backup Service for vCloud User's Guide
Table of contents 1 User's Guide ..........................................................................................................................3 1.1 About the backup service ..........................................................................................................3 1.2 Supported web browsers...........................................................................................................3 1.3 Installing VMware Tools .................................................
1 User's Guide 1.1 About the backup service This service enables backup and recovery of virtual machines managed by VMware vCloud Director. The service is available through a web interface. To log in to the backup service, use your vCloud Director credentials. What you can do after logging in depends on the settings made by a system administrator for your organization. Due to these settings, some of the operations described in this guide may be not available to you. 1.
http://pubs.vmware.com/vcd-51/topic/com.vmware.vcloud.users.doc_51/GUID-F0826E73-7F9F-489 C-B0DB-17C7D742B1AF.html. 1.4 Basic operations This section describes typical usage of the backup service. 1.4.1 Logging in to the service You can log in to the backup service under the following conditions: You are an organization administrator in vCloud Director. A system administrator has enabled use of the service for your organization. To log in to the backup service 1.
The vApps list shows all vApps in the organization. The All virtual machines list shows all virtual machines from those vApps. Starting a backup Select one or more virtual machines that you want to back up, and then click Back up now. If you want backups to run on a schedule, apply a backup plan (p. 5) instead. Monitoring a backup A backup may start with a delay, depending on the backup service load. When the backup starts, you can see its progress in the machine details area on the right.
Depending on how the backup service is configured, you may be able to create your own backup plans, apply backup plans shared by the system administrator, or both. To apply a backup plan to virtual machines 1. Select one or more virtual machines. 2. Click Apply backup plan. 3. Select the backup plan that you want to apply to the machines. For example, select Daily. A backup plan contains the following instructions for the backup service: Schedule: When and how often to do backups.
Overwriting a machine means that only the content of its original disks is overwritten. The content of hard disks that were added after the backup will remain the same. The machine settings, such as CPU and memory settings, and the MAC addresses (also known as physical addresses) of the network adapters are also preserved. A machine that was renamed or moved to a different vApp is considered a new machine. To overwrite it, you need a backup that was created after renaming or moving the machine.
After the recovery is completed, the information about its success or failure is shown in the machine details area. 1.4.5 Recovering a virtual machine This is a common recovery procedure. Unlike overwriting an existing virtual machine, this enables you to recover a deleted virtual machine, create a new virtual machine by recovering it from a backup, and change the machine's network settings. Setting up the recovery 1. Open the Backup storage tab. 2.
In Computer name, change or specify the name that the machine will have on the network. This is the name defined in the guest operating system (Control panel > System > System Properties > Computer Name). In Network adapters, change or specify the settings for the machine's network adapters. In Preserve MAC addresses, specify whether the machine's network adapters will have the same MAC addresses as those of the original machine.
1.5 Operations with backups The Backup storage tab shows the list of backed-up virtual machines. Each of the machines has one or more backups, also called recovery points. The backups are listed in the Backups area on the right. Once you select a backup, the Machine details area shows the computer name, the guest operating system, and the IP addresses for the machine at the time of backup.
After creating the backup plan, you can apply it to your virtual machines (p. 5). 1.6.1.1 Schedule and retention rules The backup operation runs according to the schedule you specify. The resulting backups are kept according to the retention rules and then deleted. The scheduled time is displayed according to the time zone set on the machine from which you are logged in to the backup service.
Retention rules Specify how long you want to retain the daily, weekly, and monthly backups. The retention period for weekly backups must exceed that for daily backups. The retention period for monthly backups must exceed that for weekly backups.
Notifications Specify whether to send e-mail notifications after a successful backup, after a failed backup, or both. Specify the address to send the notifications. Separate multiple e-mail addresses with a semicolon. For example: user1@example.com; user2@example.com The notifications will be sent from the e-mail address specified by a system administrator. Exclusions Type one or more criteria. Files and folders that match any of the specified criteria will not be backed up.
1.6.2 Editing a backup plan Important: The changes you make to a backup plan affect all virtual machines to which the backup plan is applied, both your machines and other users' machines. To edit a backup plan 1. 2. 3. 4. Open the Backup plans tab. Select the backup plan that you want to edit, and then click Edit. View or change the name, schedule, retention rules (p. 11), and backup options (p. 12). Click OK.
Reporting parameters The values of all parameters are checked every day at 23:55 according to the time settings of vCloud Director. The report uses the values as they were at that time.
2 Terminology reference Backup (operation) An operation that saves the current virtual machine configuration and the content of the virtual machine's hard disks in a packaged form, for the purpose of recovery. Backup (recovery point) The result of a single backup operation. A backup represents a point in time to which a user can recover the virtual machine. Physically, a backup is stored as one or more files in the backup storage. Backup plan A set of rules that define how to protect virtual machines.
Retention rules A part of backup plan that specifies how long backups are kept. Storage quota (quota) The amount of storage space allocated for an organization. If the quota is exceeded, the system administrator and the organization users see alerts in the backup service interface. Restrictions on using the backup service are not applied unless the system administrator does this manually. System administrator A user who has the System Administrator role in vCloud Director.
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