Data Protection for VMware and Application Data in Mission Critical Environments

• Configure users as described in HP Data Protector A.06.10 Integration guide for VMware Virtual
Infrastructure, Sybase, Network Node Manager, and Network Data Management Protocol Server:
“Configuring VMware users”.
• If your ESX Server systems are configured in a cluster, check the cluster settings as described in:
“Configuring clusters”.
• If your virtual machines reside on iSCSI datastores, restart the Data Protector Inet service on the
related backup proxy system under a network domain user account that has read-write permissions
for the directories described in:
“Configuring backup proxy systems”.
• Provide Data Protector with login information to VMware management clients as described in
“Configuring VMware management clients”.
Figure 21: Configuring a VirtualCenter Server system
• For each virtual machine, specify details on how to perform various backup methods as described
in “Configuring virtual machines”.
For the VCBfile and VCBimage backup methods specify, which backup proxy system and mount
points should be used to back up virtual machines or filesystems.
You can configure each virtual machine separately or all together. Configuration settings for virtual
machines of the same data center are saved in a separate configuration file on the Cell Manager. The
file is named VMwareManagementClient%DatacenterPath. It is used for all backup sessions involving
this particular datacenter.
To configure virtual machines, use the Data Protector GUI or CLI.
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