Backup Service for vCloud Update 1 User's Guide
Table of contents 1 User's Guide ....................................................................................................................3 1.1 About the backup service ..........................................................................................................3 1.2 Supported web browsers...........................................................................................................3 1.3 Installing VMware Tools ......................................................
1 User's Guide 1.1 About the backup service This service enables backup and recovery of virtual machines managed by VMware vCloud Director. The service is available through a web interface. To log in to the backup service, use your vCloud Director credentials. What you can do after logging in depends on the settings made by a system administrator for your organization. Due to these settings, some of the operations described in this guide may be not available to you. 1.
1.4 Basic operations This section describes typical usage of the backup service. 1.4.1 Logging in to the service You can log in to the backup service under the following conditions: You are an organization administrator in vCloud Director. A system administrator has enabled use of the service for your organization. To log in to the backup service 1. Go to the login page of the backup service. The URL of the login page looks like: https://backup.example.
Starting a backup Select one or more virtual machines that you want to back up, and then click Back up now. If you want backups to run on a schedule, apply a backup plan (p. 5) instead. Monitoring a backup A backup may start with a delay, depending on the backup service load. When the backup starts, you can see its progress in the machine details area on the right. The number of machines that are backed up simultaneously and the order in which they are backed up are defined by the backup service.
To apply a backup plan to virtual machines 1. Select one or more virtual machines in the All virtual machines list, or select an entire vApp in the vApps list. If you select an entire vApp, the backup plan will be applied to all machines in the vApp and to any new machines that appear in the future. 2. Click Apply backup plan. 3. Select the backup plan that you want to apply to the machines. For example, select Daily.
Overwriting a machine means that only the content of its original disks is overwritten. The content of hard disks that were added after the backup will remain the same. The machine settings, such as CPU and memory settings, and the MAC addresses (also known as physical addresses) of the network adapters are also preserved. A machine that was renamed or moved to a different vApp is considered a new machine. To overwrite it, you need a backup that was created after renaming or moving the machine.
1.4.5 Recovering a virtual machine This is a common recovery procedure. Unlike overwriting an existing virtual machine, this enables you to recover a deleted virtual machine, create a new virtual machine by recovering it from a backup, and change the machine's network settings. Setting up the recovery 1. Open the Backup storage tab. 2. In the list of backed-up machines, select the machine that you want to recover, and then click Recover. 3.
In Computer name, change or specify the name that the machine will have on the network. This is the name defined in the guest operating system (Control Panel > System > System Properties > Computer Name). Under Network adapters, change or specify the settings for the existing adapters, or add or delete network adapters. Details. To add a network adapter, click Add network adapter, and then specify the settings for it. To delete a network adapter, click the Delete ( ) button next to it.
The service shows the volumes, files, and folders that were present on the machine at that time. Volumes that you cannot recover files from are not shown. Select the files and folders that you want to recover, and then click OK. After the recovery is completed, the link to download the .zip file appears on the Backup storage tab in the machine details area on the right. The link is valid for 24 hours. You can use the link only when you are logged in to the service. The files are stored in the .
1.4.7 Monitoring protection statuses The Protection status column on the organization tab indicates how well a virtual machine or a vApp is protected. Protection statuses of machines The table below lists protection statuses of a machine by order of severity, from the least severe to the most severe. Status Meaning Not protected No backup plan is applied to the machine. Never backed up A backup plan is applied to the machine, but no backup has been run.
The column chart represents backup storage usage for the last 30 days. In the chart, red columns show days when the storage quota was exceeded and orange columns show days when the storage quota was almost reached. To generate a comprehensive report on the storage usage for a specific period, click Generate usage report (p. 16). 1.6 Operations with backup plans The Backup plans tab shows the backup plans that you can apply to your virtual machines.
The scheduled time is displayed according to the time zone set on the machine from which you are logged in to the backup service. If you schedule backups to run, say, at 07:00, they will run when your machine clock reaches 07:00, regardless of the time zone where the vCloud infrastructure is physically located. If you change the time zone setting on the machine, the schedule will not change, but you will see different start time.
Monthly backups: 12 months Example Suppose that you use the default settings (run backups Monday through Friday, Weekly/Monthly backups on Friday, the default retention rules) and apply the backup plan on Monday, March 1. The following table shows which daily (D), weekly (W), and monthly (M) backups will remain on Friday, April 30. Backups that are shown on the gray background will be deleted by that day.
This option is effective only for files and folders that are stored on the following file systems: FAT NTFS Ext3 Ext4 Regardless of the file system, this option is not effective for volumes that are managed by Linux Logical Volume Manager (LVM), also known as logical volumes; and for multiple-disk (MD) devices, also known as Linux Software RAID.
To edit a backup plan 1. 2. 3. 4. Open the Backup plans tab. Select the backup plan that you want to edit, and then click Edit. View or change the name, schedule, retention rules (p. 12), and backup options (p. 14). Click OK. Consequences of changing encryption If you need to change the Encryption setting (to enable or disable encryption or to change the password), consider the following: Retention rules will no longer apply to the backups with the old encryption setting.
Number of protected VMs: The total number of protected machines (that is, the machines to which backup plans are applied), no matter whether backups of those machines exist Storage usage: The total size of all backups in the backup storage (in gigabytes) Disk size of protected VMs: The total size of hard disks of the protected machines (in gigabytes), regardless of the occupied space on those disks RAM size of protected VMs: The total amount of memory of the protected machines (in gigabytes
2 Terminology reference Agent for vCloud The main component of Acronis Backup Advanced for vCloud that runs on a dedicated virtual machine within a vCloud Director management cluster. Backup (operation) An operation that saves information about a virtual machine in a packaged form, for the purpose of recovery. Backup (recovery point) The result of a single backup operation. A backup represents a point in time to which a user can recover the virtual machine.
Recovery An operation that creates or overwrites a virtual machine by using the data that was earlier saved in a backup. When you select for recovery the same machine that was backed up, it is overwritten. Otherwise, a new virtual machine is created. Resource group One or more ESX(i) clusters that contain virtual machines of vCloud Director organizations. Retention rules A part of backup plan that specifies how long backups are kept.
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