Symantec Backup Exec Management Plug-in for VMware User's Guide

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Symantec Backup Exec™

Management Plug-in for

VMware®

This document includes the following topics:

■ About the Symantec Backup Exec Management Plug-in for VMware

■ Accessing the monitoring view

■ Closing the monitoring view for a media server

■ About the monitoring view

■ Viewing the protection summary of a specific virtual machine

■ Viewing a list of unprotected virtual machines

■ Excluding a virtual machine from protection

About the Symantec Backup Exec Management Plug-in

for VMware

The Symantec Backup Exec Management Plug-in for VMware lets the administrators use the vSphere client application to:

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The Symantec Backup Exec Management Plug-in for VMware communicates with the Backup Exec media server to get the monitoring information for the virtual machines.

Both, the VMWare vCenter and the ESX host are supported. See“About the monitoring view”on page 5.

See“Accessing the monitoring view”on page 4.

Accessing the monitoring view

To get the monitoring information of the virtual machines, you must connect to the media server that protects them. You must have backup operator rights on the media server that protects the virtual machines you want to monitor. After you are connected to a media server, a monitoring view for that media server is added to the Symantec Backup Exec tab. The monitoring view remains available until you close it.

See“Closing the monitoring view for a media server”on page 5. To access the monitoring view

1

Log on to the vSphere client.

Note:The VMWare vCenter or ESX hosts are added to the Backup Exec selection list using the NetBIOS name, fully qualified domain name (FQDN), or IP address. You must use the same name to log on to the vCenter or the ESX host from the vSphere client. For example, lets consider you used the FQDN (servername.domain.com) to add vCenter to the Backup Exec selection list. Then, you must log on to the vCenter from the vSphere client using the FQDN only.

2

On the Symantec Backup Exec tab, enter the logon credentials that are required to connect to the media server.

See“Media server logon credential options”on page 5.

3

Click Login.

The monitoring view for the media server is added to the Symantec Backup

Exec tab.

Click Login to Server to connect to more media servers. A separate monitoring view is added to the Symantec Backup Exec tab for each media server you connect to.

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See“About the monitoring view”on page 5.

Media server logon credential options

Enter the logon credentials that are required to connect to the media server. Table 1-1 Media server logon credential options

Description Item

Indicates the name or the IP address of the media server that protects the virtual machines.

Media server name or address

Indicates the user name that has backup operator privileges on the media server.

User name

Indicates the password that is required for access.

Password

Closing the monitoring view for a media server

You have to disconnect from a media server to close its monitoring view. To close the monitoring view for a media server

1

From the Select View list, select the monitoring view that you want to close.

2

Click Logout.

About the monitoring view

The monitoring view lets you determine the backup status of the virtual machines that are backed up using Backup Exec. For each of the media servers you are connected to, a separate monitoring view is available on the Symantec Backup

Exec tab.

The monitoring view shows the following information: ■ Summary information of the virtual machines.

The summary information includes the name of the media server that you are connected to. It also provides the total number of virtual machines with the following backup statuses:

■ Protected Machines

The virtual machines are backed up using Backup Exec.

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■ Failed Machines

The virtual machines whose last backup has failed. ■ Excluded Machines

The virtual machines are excluded from the backup jobs.

■ A list of virtual machines that are accessible to the logged on user, along with the backup details.

The backup details include the virtual machine's name, state, next backup method, and other information.

See“Virtual machine backup details”on page 6. See“Updating the monitoring view”on page 7.

See“Viewing the protection summary of a specific virtual machine”on page 8.

Virtual machine backup details

The following details appear in the monitoring view. Table 1-2 Virtual machine backup details

Description Item

Indicates the name of the virtual machine.

Machine Name

Displays one of the following statuses:

■ Success

The virtual machine is backed up using Backup Exec.

■ Failed

The last backup of the virtual machine has failed.

■ Excluded

The virtual machine is excluded from the backup jobs. The excluded virtual machines are not backed up by Backup Exec.

■ None

The virtual machines with backup status other than protected, failed, or excluded, such as running, queued, or stalled.

Last Backup Status

Shows the date and time when the last backup was run.

Last Run

Indicates the date and time when the next backup is scheduled to run.

Next Run

Shows the name of the job that was used for the last backup. For completed and failed backup jobs, the job name appears as a blue hyperlink. Click the link to see the job log.

Job Name

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Table 1-2 Virtual machine backup details (continued) Description

Item

Indicates the method of the next backup, such as, full, incremental, or differential.

Backup Method

See“About the monitoring view”on page 5.

Updating the monitoring view

By default, the monitoring view status is updated after eight hours. However, you can update it on demand. The number of hours since the monitoring view was last updated is displayed in the top right corner of the interface. Position the cursor over the last update (in hours) to see the actual time of the last update and the time of the next update.

The default monitoring view update interval is configurable.

See“Configuring the update interval for the monitoring view”on page 7. To update the monitoring view

1

From the Select View list, select the monitoring view you want to update.

2

Click the update icon.

Update icon

Configuring the update interval for the monitoring view

The default update interval that you configure applies to all the monitoring views. To configure the update interval for the monitoring view

1

On the Plug-ins menu, click Configure Symantec Backup Exec Management

Plug-in for VMware.

2

In the Monitoring status update interval field, type the number of hours you want to wait between updates of the monitoring view.

3

Click OK.

See“Updating the monitoring view”on page 7.

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Viewing the protection summary of a specific virtual

machine

In case you want to view the backup details of a specific virtual machine, you can do so by accessing the protection summary. The backup details of each virtual machine are updated in the summary notes for the virtual machines. The protection summary information is displayed in the Annotations section of the

Summary tab in the vSphere client application.

Note:By default, adding custom annotations are disabled. To enable custom annotations, set theDisableAnnotationkey in theBEVMPlugin.configfile to

False. TheBEVMPlugin.configfile is located at \Program

Files\VMware\Infrastructure\Virtual Infrastructure Client\Plugins\Symantec Backup Exec Management Plug-in for VMware.

To view the protection summary of a specific virtual machine

1

Open the vSphere client application.

2

In the left pane, select the required virtual machine.

3

Click the Summary tab.

The monitoring information is shown in the Annotations section. See“About the monitoring view”on page 5.

See“Virtual machine backup details”on page 6.

Viewing a list of unprotected virtual machines

A default view, called Unprotected Machines is available in the Select View list. This view provides a list of virtual machines that are not protected, or are protected using some other media server you are not connected to. Only the name of the virtual machine is available in this view. No other details are provided. To view a list of unprotected virtual machines

◆ From the Select View list, select Unprotected Machines. See“Excluding a virtual machine from protection”on page 9. Symantec Backup Exec™ Management Plug-in for VMware®

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Excluding a virtual machine from protection

In case you do not want to protect a virtual machine, you can exclude it from the backup jobs. The virtual machines that are excluded from the backup jobs are not backed up by Backup Exec.

Note:After a virtual machine is excluded from backup jobs, you must use the Backup Exec Administration Console to include the virtual machine in backup jobs again.

To exclude a virtual machine from protection

1

From the Select View list, select the media server view that includes the virtual machine you want to exclude from backup jobs.

2

Right-click the protected virtual machine, and then click Exclude. See“Viewing a list of unprotected virtual machines”on page 8. See“About the monitoring view”on page 5.

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Symantec Backup Exec™ Management Plug-in for VMware® Excluding a virtual machine from protection