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Discover KVM workloads in NetApp Backup and Recovery

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NetApp Backup and Recovery needs to discover KVM hosts and virtual machines before protecting them. Your KVM hosts and VMs must be managed by a management platform such as Apache CloudStack before you can add them to Backup and Recovery.

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Add a management platform, KVM host, and discover resources

Add management platform and KVM host information and let NetApp Backup and Recovery discover workloads.

Steps

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

  2. Under Workloads, select the KVM tile.

    If you are logging in to Backup and Recovery for the first time and have a system in the Console but no discovered resources, the Welcome to the new NetApp Backup and Recovery page appears with an option to Discover resources.

  3. Select Discover resources.

  4. Enter the following information:

    1. Workload type: Select KVM.

    2. If you haven't yet integrated your management platform with Backup and Recovery, select Add management platform.

      1. Enter the following information:

        • Management platform IP address or FQDN: Enter the IP address or fully qualified domain name of the management platform.

        • API key: Enter the API key to use to authenticate API requests.

        • Secret Key: Enter the secret key to use to authenticate API requests.

        • Port: Enter the port to use for communication between Backup and Recovery and the management platform.

        • Agents: Select a Console agent to use to facilitate communication between Backup and Recovery and the management platform.

      2. When finished, select Add.

    3. KVM settings: Add a new KVM host by entering the following information:

      • KVM FQDN or IP address: Enter the host's FQDN or IP address.

      • Credentials: Enter the username and password for the KVM host.

      • Console agent: Choose the Console agent to use for communication between Backup and Recovery and the KVM host.

      • Port number: Enter the port to use for communication between Backup and Recovery and the KVM host.

      • Management platform: If the KVM host is managed and you have added the management platform to Backup and Recovery, select the management platform from the list.

  5. Select Discover.

    Tip This process might take a few minutes.
Result

The KVM workload is displayed in the list of workloads on the Inventory page.

Continue to the NetApp Backup and Recovery Dashboard

Steps

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

  2. Select a workload tile (for example, Microsoft SQL Server).

  3. From the Backup and Recovery menu, select Dashboard.

  4. 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.