Configuring a VMware policy from the Policies utility
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You can create a NetBackup policy (full or incremental) to back up the virtual machine in either of two ways:
To configure a policy to back up the virtual machine
In the NetBackup Administration Console, click Policies and select Actions > New > New Policy.
Select the VMware policy type.
The VMware policy type uses vStorage to perform the backup (not VCB). For VCB-based backup, select the FlashBackup-Windows policy type. Note that NetBackup 7.5 supports VCB backup only for NetBackup 7.1 clients and earlier. For more information on FlashBackup-Windows and VCB backup, see the NetBackup 7.1 for VMware Administrator's Guide:
If you are using the Java Administration Console, click Apply.
VMware backup options are available on the VMware tab (described later in this procedure).
Select a policy storage unit or storage unit group.
Storage unit groups are described in the NetBackup Administrator's Guide, Volume I.
In most cases, you can leave the Disable client-side deduplication option at the default (unchecked).
The Disable client-side deduplication option is described in the NetBackup Administrator's Guide, Volume I.
Use the Schedules tab to define a schedule (click New).
On the Schedules Attributes tab, you can select Full backup, Differential Incremental Backup, or Cumulative Incremental Backup.
Use the Clients tab to select the virtual machines to back up.
You can specify virtual machines in either of two ways:
The Browse for VMware Virtual Machines screen appears. You can type the host name in the Enter the VMware hostname field, or click Browse and select virtual machine.
Note:
The Backup Selections tab is set to ALL_LOCAL_DRIVES. Individual drives cannot be specified.
Use Select automatically through query
With this option, NetBackup can automatically select virtual machines for backup based on the filtering criteria that you enter. The following topics explain how to specify the criteria:
See About automatic virtual machine selection for NetBackup for VMware.
See Configuring automatic virtual machine selection.
Note:
The Backup Selections tab is filled in with the filtering rules from the query. NetBackup uses the ALL_LOCAL_DRIVES directive to back up the virtual machines.
When you click Apply or OK on the policy Attributes tab, a validation process checks the policy and reports any errors. If you click Close, no validation is performed.
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