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Discover Hyper-V workloads in NetApp Backup and Recovery

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NetApp Backup and Recovery needs to first discover Hyper-V virtual machines so that you can protect them.

Required Console role
Backup and Recovery super admin. Learn about Backup and recovery roles and privileges. Learn about NetApp Console access roles for all services.

Add a Hyper-V host and discover resources

Add Hyper-V host information and let NetApp Backup and Recovery discover virtual machines. Within each Console agent, select the systems where you want to discover the resources.

Note When you add Hyper-V hosts and discover resources, NetApp Backup and Recovery installs the NetApp Hyper-V plug-in and the NetApp SnapCenter Windows FileSystem plug-in on the Hyper-V host to help with managing and protecting virtual machines.
Steps

  1. From the NetApp Console menu, select Protection > Backup and recovery.

    If this is your first time logging in to NetApp Backup and Recovery, you already have a system in the Console, but haven't discovered any resources, the "Welcome to the new NetApp Backup and Recovery" landing page appears and shows an option to Discover resources.

  2. Select Discover resources.

  3. Enter the following information:

    1. Workload type: Select Hyper-V.

    2. If you haven't yet stored credentials for this Hyper-V host, select Add credentials.

      1. Select the Console agent to use with this host.

      2. Enter a name for this credential.

      3. Enter the user name and password for the account.

      4. Select Done.

    3. Host registration: Add a new Hyper-V host. Enter the host's FQDN or IP address, credentials, Console agent, and port number.

  4. Select Discover.

    Tip This process might take a few minutes.
Result

After NetApp Backup and Recovery discovers resources, the Hyper-V workload is displayed in the list of workloads on the Inventory page.

Continue to the NetApp Backup and Recovery Dashboard

  1. To display the NetApp Backup and Recovery Dashboard, from the NetApp Console menu, select Dashboard.

  2. Review the health of data protection. The number of at risk or protected workloads increases based on the newly discovered, protected, and backed up workloads.