Manage protection of datastores and VMs in BlueXP backup and recovery
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You can view policies, datastores, and virtual machines before you back up and restore data with BlueXP backup and recovery. Depending upon the change in database, policies, or resource groups, you can view the updates from the BlueXP UI.
NOTE To switch to and from BlueXP backup and recovery workloads, refer to Switch to different BlueXP backup and recovery workloads.
View policies
You can view all the default pre-canned policies. For each of these policies, when you view the details, all the associated policies and virtual machines are listed.
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In BlueXP UI, select Protection > Backup and recovery > Virtual Machines.
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From the Settings drop-down, select Policies.
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Select View Details corresponding to policy whose details you want to view.
The associated policies and virtual machines are listed.
View datastores and virtual machines
The datastores and virtual machines that are protected using the registered SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere host are displayed.
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In BlueXP UI, select Protection > Backup and recovery > Virtual Machines > Settings > SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere.
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Select the SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere host for which you want to see the datastores and virtual machines.
Unprotect datastores
You can unprotect a datastore which was already protected earlier. You can unprotect a datastore when you want to delete the cloud backups or do not want to back it up to the cloud anymore. The datastore can be protected again after the unprotection is successful.
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In BlueXP UI, select Protection > Backup and recovery > Virtual Machines.
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Select the Actions icon
corresponding to the datastore that you want to unprotect and select Unprotect.
Edit the SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere Instance
You can edit the details of the SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere host in BlueXP.
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In BlueXP UI, select Protection > Backup and recovery > Virtual Machines > Settings > SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere.
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Select the Actions icon
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Modify the details as required.
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Select Save.
Refresh resources and backups
If you want to view the latest datastores and backups that have been added to the application, you should refresh the resources and backups. This will initiate the discovery of the resources and backups and the latest details will be displayed.
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Select Backup and recovery > Virtual Machines.
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From the Settings drop-down, select SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere.
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Select the Actions icon
corresponding to the SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere host and select Refresh Resources and Backups.
Refresh policy or resource group
If there is a change to the policy or resource group, you should refresh the protection relationship.
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Select Backup and recovery > Virtual Machines.
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Select the Actions icon
corresponding to the datastore and select Refresh Protection.
Unregister SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere host
All datastores and virtual machines associated with the SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere host will be unprotected.
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Select Backup and recovery > Virtual Machines.
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From the Settings drop-down, select SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere.
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Select the Actions icon
corresponding to the SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere host and select Unregister.
Monitor Jobs
Jobs are created for all the BlueXP backup and recovery operations. You can monitor all the jobs and all the sub tasks that are performed as part of each task.
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Select Backup and recovery > Job Monitoring.
When you initiate an operation, a window appears stating that the job is initiated. You can select the link to monitor the job.
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Select the primary task to view the sub tasks and status of each of these sub tasks.