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Purpose This article provides information about data protection for VMware vCloud Director using Veritas NetBackup.NetBackup provides highly customized protection of vCloud Director (VCD) hosted workloads such as vApps and templates and supports granular recoveries of vApp, virtual machines, template, VMDKs and individual files and folders with-in a VM from a single pass optimized backup.
Resolution NetBackup and vCloud Director Server Configuration/Architecture Supported Use-cases Automatic discovery and selection of workloads across VCD servers using Organizations, Organization VDC, vApp names, template and other attributes.Single-pass backup of VCD workload such as vApps and templatesGranular recovery from single-pass backup vAppvApp as templateIndividual VMs (to vSphere environment)VMDKs of a VMVM files and folders Operations Overview Adding vCloud Director Server Credentials To back up or restore virtual machines, NetBackup requires logon credentials to the VMware vCloud Director server and corresponding vCenter servers.To add NetBackup credentials in the NetBackup Administration Console Click Media and Device Management > Credentials > Virtual Machine Servers.Click Actions > New > New Virtual Machine Server.On the New Virtual Machine Server dialog, enter the name of a vCloud Director server and choose VMware vCloud Director as the Virtual Machine Server Type. Configuring VMware vCloud Director protection in a VMware policy Instead of manually selecting the vApps, template or VMs for backup, you can configure NetBackup to automatically select workloads based on a range of criteria. You specify the criteria (rules) in the Query Builder on the NetBackup policy Clients tab. NetBackup creates a list of the workloads that currently meet the rules and adds those to the backup. This feature is called the VMware Intelligent Policy.vCloud Director protection can be easily enabled in a VIP policy by selecting ‘Enable vCloud Director integration’ check-box.With the Enable vCloud Director option, the policy selects only vCloud-managed virtual machines for backup.NetBackup collects information on the vCloud Direct environment across all configured VCD server, this information includes details of Organizations, Virtual Datacenters, and vApps. This information is used to show all possible values of a field/attribute while configuring the VIP queries.Further details about vCloud Director policies can be found at: https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/doc/21902280-136588229-0/v80002010-136588229Best practices/notes for vCloud Director policies can be found at: https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/doc/21902280-136588229-0/v76073645-136588229 Recovering vCloud Director objects NetBackup supports following use cases around recovering vCloud Director workloads: Restoring virtual machines into a vAppRestoring a single virtual machine into a vApp template.Restoring a vApp template that has multiple virtual machines.Alternate location restores are supported to restore into an existing vApp or into a new vApp or vApp template. Steps to recover vCloud Director workloads 1. Selecting policy type and search for virtual machine backups to recover 2. Explore the vCloud Director object hierarchies in NetBackup image catalog and choosing the required virtual machine to recover 3. Choosing different restore types After choosing the target VM user can decide what type of restore to perform. Normal Backup to restore specific files and folders in the VM, Virtual Machine Backups to recover entire VM/vApp/template Virtual Disk Restore for recovering individual VMDK files. 4. Launch Restore wizard by clicking on Restore… Virtual Machine Recovery wizard will present vSphere and VCD details of the chosen backup image. After verifying the details, user can choose desire recovery destination. Click Next to proceed. 5. Recovery Options Recovery process can be customized by selecting recovery host and media server to use as well as choosing a preferred transport mode . This screen is shown only if restore is back to vCloud director (See below) Click Next to proceed.This dialog is similar to the standard Virtual Machine restore workflow. 6. Recovery vApp options Based on the chosen recovery destination, different options are presented to the user: 1. Original location restores to vCloud: NetBackup will check existing vApps and VMs and present the user applicable options. 2. Alternate location restores to the vCloud: Allows User to choose a different VCD server, Organization and browse for an existing vApp or… … create a new vApp/template:In either case, restored vApp can be also captured as a template. Click Next to proceed. 3. Alternate location in vSphere: In this case VCD related options are skipped and a single screen with Recovery options (see above) and alternate Virtual Machine destination options is shown. This dialog is similar to the standard Virtual Machine restore workflow. Click Next to proceed. 7. Recovery Destination Options for vCloud Director This screen appears only in ‘Alternate location restores to the vCloud’ workflow, user can see details of selected vCloud Director details and change the virtual machine restore parameters.Click Next to proceed. 8. Recovery options In case of ‘Alternate location in vSphere’, user can customize the virtual machine recovery by changing vCenter server, ESXi hosts, datastore, display name, etc. All fields are populated with relevant default values and support select/browse or search as applicable.This dialog is similar to (non-VCD) Virtual Machine restore. Click Next to proceed. 9. Virtual Machine Restore Options Various VM customization and VMDK provisioning options are presented. Some options might be unavailable depending on what kind (original vs. alternate) restore is selected. This dialog is similar to (non-VCD) Virtual Machine restore. Click Next to proceed. 10. Storage, Network and other recovery options Based on selected recovery type user is presented with options to further customize storage…...and/or network configurationThis dialog is similar to (non-VCD) Virtual Machine restore. Click Next to proceed. 11. Pre-recovery check NetBackup does a pre-recovery check to verify/test all the recovery option selected by the user. It validates chosen vCloud Director hierarchy and objects, space requirements, connectivity, credentials and checks against some common pitfalls. Result of the pre-recovery check are presented to the user and user can start the recovery.This process same as a standard Virtual Machine restore, certain pre-recovery checks are performed only if recovering to a vCloud Director environment. 12. Once initiated recovery progress can be monitored from Activity Monitor or from Progress log file Additional details this recovery wizard are available at: https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/doc/21902280-136588229-0/v76229433-136588229 Best practices/notes for vCloud Director restores can be found at: https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/doc/21902280-136588229-0/v76049930-136588229
Veritas NetBackup - VMware Data Protection: https://www.veritas.com/protection/netbackup/vmware-data-protectionVeritas NetBackup™ for VMware Administrator's Guide: https://www.veritas.com/support/en_US/doc/21902280-127283730-0/indexVeritas Open eXchange - NetBackup Community:https://vox.veritas.com/t5/NetBackup/bd-p/netbackup Known Issues Enabling Support for VCD(VMware vCloud Director) 9.x on NetBackup 8.1.2 and below https://www.veritas.com/support/en_US/article.100045683 Support Information Veritas support has multiple offering across the globe that can match your business needs. Essential Support: All customersBusiness Critical Support Remote Product Specialist: Designated technical support engineerBusiness Critical Support Premier: Proactive support with designated support account manager Contact:United StatesTelephone: 1 866 837 4827 or 1 512 813 2376Business Hours: 5:00 am - 5:00 pm PST ( Monday to Friday )Language: EnglishAdditional information: For companies with Essential or Business Critical Service Support, phone support is always available in English 24x7.https://www.veritas.com/support/en_US/