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Back up VMware workloads with NetApp Backup and Recovery

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Back up VMware VMs and datastores from on-premises ONTAP systems to Amazon Web Services, Azure NetApp Files, or StorageGRID to ensure that your data is protected. Backups are automatically generated and stored in an object store in your public or private cloud account.

  • To back up workloads on a schedule, create policies that govern the backup and restore operations. See Create protection policies for instructions.

  • Create protection groups to manage the backup and restore operations for a set of resources. See Create and manage protection groups for more information.

  • Back up workloads now (create an on-demand backup now).

Back up workloads now with an on-demand backup

Create an on-demand backup immediately. You might want to run an on-demand backup if you're about to make changes to your system and want to ensure that you have a backup before you start.

Required NetApp Console role
Storage viewer, Backup and Recovery super admin, or Backup and Recovery backup admin role. Learn about NetApp Console access roles for all services.

Steps

  1. From the Backup and Recovery menu, select Inventory.

  2. Select a workload to view the protection details.

  3. Select the Actions icon Actions option > View details.

  4. Select the Protection Groups, Datastores, Virtual machines, or Tags menu heading.

  5. Select the protection group, datastores, virtual machines, or tagged resources that you want to back up.

  6. Select the Actions icon Actions option > Back up now.

    Note The policy that is applied to the backup is the same policy that is assigned to the protection group, datastore, virtual machine, or tagged resources.

  7. Select the schedule tier.

  8. Select Back up now.