Manage protection of datastores and virtual machines data

You can view policies, datastores, and virtual machines before you back up and restore data. Depending upon the change in database, policies, or resource groups, you can view the updates from the BlueXP UI.

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.

  1. In BlueXP UI, click Protection > Backup and recovery > Virtual Machines.

  2. From the Settings drop-down, click Policies.

  3. Click 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.

Steps

  1. In BlueXP UI, click Protection > Backup and recovery > Virtual Machines > Settings > SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere.

  2. Click the SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere host for which you want to see the datastores and virtual machines.

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.

Steps

  1. In BlueXP UI, click Protection > Backup and recovery > Virtual Machines > Settings > SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere.

  2. Click action and select Edit.

  3. Modify the details as required.

  4. Click Save.

Refresh Protection Status

When new volumes are added to the database, or if there is a change to the policy or resource group, you should refresh the protection status.

  1. Click Backup and recovery > Virtual Machines.

  2. From the Settings drop-down, click SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere.

  3. Click action corresponding to the SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere host and click Refresh.

    The new changes are discovered.

  4. Click action corresponding to the datastore and click Refresh Protection to enable cloud protection for the changes.

Monitor Jobs

Jobs are created for all the Cloud Backup operations. You can monitor all the jobs and all the sub tasks that are performed as part of each task.

  1. Click Backup and recovery > Job Monitoring.

    When you initiate an operation, a window appears stating that the job is initiated. You can click the link to monitor the job.

  2. Click the primary task to view the sub tasks and status of each of these sub tasks.