Creating a VMware VADP backup set

The following describes how to create a VMware VADP backup set.

1. On the Sets menu, click New Backup Set. The New Backup Set Wizard appears.

2. On the Choose the kind of backup set page, select VMware VADP, and then click Next.

3. On the Select the computer page, select the VMware VADP tree.

4. In the Path box, type the IP address of the VMware ESXi server or VMware vCenter Server. For Linux DS-Clients, type the path in the following format:

NOTE: When an ESXi host is managed by a vCenter Server, you must point to the IP address of the vCenter Server. You can point to the IP of an ESXi host only if the host is a standalone ESXi host that is not managed by a vCenter Server.

5. To specify credentials for the DS-Client to connect to the VMware ESXi server or VMware vCenter Server, ensure that the Ask for Network Credentials check box is selected.

NOTE: If the Ask for Network Credentials check box is not selected, DS-Client uses your current user logon credentials to connect to the VMware ESXi server or VMware vCenter Server.

7. If the Ask for Network Credentials check box has been selected, when prompted, provide the credentials for the DS-Client to use to connect to the VMware ESXi server or VMware vCenter Server.

8. In the Select directories/files for backup page, select one or multiple virtual machines that you want to back up, and then click Add.

NOTE: If you plan to enable the Local DS-VDR option in this backup set, each virtual machine that you add will use up one count from the Local DS-VDR license that has been allocated to the DS-Client.

NOTE: For Windows DS-Clients, the VMware folder listings are cached when browsed for the first time in a DS-User session. To refresh the listing of the vCenter Server (for example, after the folder structure has been changed during the session), disconnect and reconnect to the DS-Client.

10. In the Specify backup item options page, retain the default settings unless you have specific requirements for each backup item, and then click Next.

NOTE: If you plan to enable the Local DS-VDR option, the backup item generations (Max Gen) setting determines how many versions of a virtual machine will be exported to the vCenter Server. When this limit has been reached, the oldest exported virtual machine is overwritten at the next backup.

11. In the Specify backup set options page, do the following:

a) Under Backup set options, configure the backup set options that you want to use for the backup set.

b) Under Additional Backup Set Options, configure any additional backup set options that you want to use for the backup set.

1. On the Windows DS-Client, select the Use Local DS-VDR check box. On the Linux DS-Client, select the Use Local DS-VDR check box, and then click Next.

2. To save the virtual machine state (that is, the running programs that are loaded in the memory), select the Backup Virtual Machine Memory check box. If this check box is not selected, DS-Client will back up the virtual machine as if it were not running.

3. To export the actual running virtual machine and all its snapshots, select the Backup Virtual Machine’s snapshots check box. If this check box is not selected, DS-Client will only export the actual running virtual machine without snapshots.

4. In the Export to host list, select the destination ESXi host on the vCenter Server to which you want to export the selected virtual machines. Then click [>>] to provide credentials for DS-Client to access the selected host.

5. In the Export to datastore list, select the datastore on the destination host to which you want to export the selected virtual machines.

12. In the Specify notification options page, specify the notification options that you need. For more instructions, see “Specifying notification options”.

13. In the Choose a retention rule for this backup set page, specify the retention rule settings that you need. For more instructions, see “Specifying a retention rule”.

14. In the Choose a schedule for this backup set page, select Scheduled and then select the schedule that you want to assign to this backup set. For more instructions, see “Specifying a schedule”.

15. In the Choose the name for this backup set page, do the following:

a) In the Set name box, type a name for this backup set. For more instructions, see “Naming the backup set”.

b) In the Set type list, specify the backup set type. For more information, see “Backup set types”.

c) To send a copy of the oldest generation that is about to be overwritten to the BLM Archiver, select the BLM (Infinite Generation) check box.

d) To save the backup data to a specified location at the DS-Client site, do the following, select the Save on Local Storage check box.

e) To cache backup data to Local Storage in the event that a backup session loses connection with the DS-System, select the Transmission cache on Local Storage check box.

f) If you have selected the Save on Local Storage and/or Transmission cache on Local Storage check box, beside the Local Storage Path box, click >> and then do the following:

1. In the Enter Local Storage Path dialog box, determine whether the default location is appropriate.

2. To specify a different local storage path for this backup set, click >> and then select the location.

g) To use the Multi-Tenant feature, in the Customer list, select a customer to assign to the backup set. For more information, see “Multitenant DS-Clients”.

NOTE: The Customer list is only available when the Multi-Tenant feature is enabled and configured. If you are a regular user, only the customers that have been assigned to you are displayed.