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Manage protection of datastores and virtual machines data

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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.

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.

Steps

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

  2. Click action corresponding to the datastore that you want to unprotect and click 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.

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 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.

  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 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.

  1. Click Backup and recovery > Virtual Machines.

  2. Click action corresponding to the datastore and click 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.

  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 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.

  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.