User`s guide

Quest NetVault Backup Plug-in
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 Standalone ESX/ESXi Server Setup
 Back Up All Virtual Machines on a Host – Select the host node.
 Back Up Individual Virtual Machines – Open the ESX/ESXi
Server, and select the virtual machines to be backed up.
 VMs and Templates View – Open the Datacenter Server, if applicable.
Figure 5-2:
Selections tab
for Image-
Level Backups
– VMs and
Templates
View
 Back Up All Virtual Machines in a Folder – Select the folder node.
 Back Up Individual Virtual Machines – Open the applicable folder
node, and select the virtual machines to be backed up.
Note: To switch between the two views, right-click the server node, and select
Toggle Inventory View. This command is only available when server node is
open.
5.1.1.a Important Notes
 When you select the parent ESX/ESXi Server, the plug-in automatically
includes the new virtual machines that are added to the host after a job has
been defined. Similarly, the plug-in excludes the virtual machines that have
been removed from the host. You do not have to modify the job definition
each time a virtual machine is added to or removed when you select the
parent ESX/ESXi Server.
 If a selected virtual machine is moved to another host using vMotion after the
backup job has been defined, it will continue to be backed up as part of that
job only if the following requirements are met:
 A vCenter Server has been added to the plug-in, and the access to the
virtual machine is being authenticated through the vCenter Server.
 The ESX Server Host to which the selected virtual machine has been
moved to is also controlled by the same vCenter Server.
If these requirements are not met, the plug-in will fail to back up the virtual
machine that has been moved.