08-06-2014 02:37 AM
I'm a newbie to this forum, but your help & input is welcome.
I've recently installed and configured BUE 2012 on a HP ProLiant DL380 G6 server and need to ensure critical Guest VMs/VMDK files are captured for nightly backups.
Method: Backup & Restores, Add server, Linux computer.
Can someone please advise as to what is the best way of going about this? Should I add remote agents directly onto VMs or add vCenter and drill downwards?
This therefore leads me to my second point. Having established I can add Guest VMs as backup jobs, I was advised that this should be done at VC level downwards? Nevertheless, having added the VC, I’m unable to see any VMs!!
BUE Service account is a member of both Domain Admins (which in turn is a member of Administrator in VCs) & Backup Operators and so permission wise should be sufficient.
I should mention at this point, I’m yet to add server to HP MSA70 enclosure and MSL 2024 tape library. My logic was to set-up backup jobs in advance, before presenting storage.
Virtual Appliance is VMware 5.1 and rackmount server OS is Windows 2008 R2 64-bit.
See attached.
Again, your feedback is welcome.
08-06-2014 05:02 AM
Add the VCA as a VMware server and not as a Linux server. For this option to be available, do you have the Agent for Vmware & Hyper-V license installed ?
08-06-2014 08:14 AM
Cheers for that. I'll give that a go.
I should have mentioned, I went down the 'typical' installation route, which of course would not have made availalbe mentioned agents.
Based on your tip off and referring to a 9min BUE 2012 'Installing & Configuring' vid, that may indeed be the missing link!!
Many thanks again.