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SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere

Manage resource groups

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You can create, modify, and delete backup resource groups, and perform backup operations on resource groups.

Note Resource groups are called backup jobs in Virtual Storage Console (VSC).

Suspend and resume operations on resource groups

You can temporarily disable scheduled operations from starting on a resource group. Later when you want, you can enable those operations.

Steps

  1. In the left navigator pane of the SCV plug-in, select Resource Groups, select a resource group and select Suspend (or select Resume).

  2. In the confirmation box, select OK to confirm.

After you finish

On the Resource Groups page, the job status for the suspended resource is Under_Maintenance. You might need to scroll to the right of the table to see the Job Status column.

After backup operations are resumed, the Job Status changes to Production.

Modify resource groups

You can remove or add resources in resource groups in vCenter, detach or attach policies, modify schedules, or modify any other resource group option.

About this task

If you want to modify the name of a resource group, do not use the following special characters in VM, datastore, policy, backup, or resource group names:

% & * $ # @ ! \ / : * ? " < > - | ; ' , and space.
An underscore character (_) is allowed.

Steps

  1. In the left navigator pane of the SCV plug-in, select Resource Groups, then select a resource group and select Edit.

  2. On the left list in the Edit Resource Group wizard, select the category that you want to modify and enter your changes.

    You can make changes in multiple categories. You can also edit secondary protected resources in this option.

  3. Select Next until you see the Summary page, and then select Finish.

Delete resource groups

You can delete a resource group in vCenter if you no longer need to protect the resources in the resource group. You must ensure that all resource groups are deleted before you remove SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere from vCenter.

About this task

All resource group delete operations are performed as force deletes. The delete operation detaches all policies from the vCenter resource group, removes the resource group from SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere, and deletes all backups and snapshots of the resource group.

Note In a SnapVault relationship, the last snapshot cannot be deleted; therefore, the resource group cannot be deleted. Before deleting a resource group that is part of a SnapVault relationship, you must use either System Manager or use the ONTAP CLI to remove the SnapVault relationship, and then you must delete the last snapshot.
Steps

  1. In the left navigator pane of the SCV plug-in, select Resource Groups, then select a resource group and select Delete.

  2. In the Delete resource group confirmation box, select OK to confirm.