Editing VM Group Settings for Amazon

For an existing VM group, you can modify options that affect backups.

Procedure

1. From the navigation pane, go to Solutions > Virtualization.

   The Hypervisors tab appears.

2. Click the hypervisor.

   The hypervisor page appears. The VM groups area displays summary information for any existing VM groups.

3. Click the name of a VM group.

   The VM group details page appears.

   On the Configuration tab, the Settings area shows settings that are used to back up the virtual machines in the VM group.

4. In the Settings area, click Edit.

5. In the Edit options dialog box, provide the following information:

   • No. of readers: Set the number of readers to control how many parallel read operations can be launched during backups.

   • Virtual machine backup type: Select the type of backup to perform:

     • Application Aware: Uses in-guest application plug-ins to assist the Virtual Server Agent in quiescing the file system and applications and supporting granular application data recovery.

       To specify credentials for guest VMs in the VM group, click the key button (), and then provide the guest credentials.

     • File system and application consistent: Quiesces the file system and applications while performing the backup.

     • Crash-consistent: Takes a point-in-time snapshot of virtual machine data without quiescing.

   • Retain snapshot after a backup operation: Enable this option to keep a snapshot after streaming backup operations.

     This option reduces the time that is required to create subsequent snapshots and results in faster backups after the initial backup. The Commvault software retains the latest snapshot for each instance with the tag CV_Retain_Snap, and cleans up older snapshots after each backup operation.

   • IntelliSnap: Enable this option to perform IntelliSnap backups.

6. To modify the plan or policy associated with the VM group, click Edit in the Plan area or the Policies area.

   The name of the area depends on whether the VM group was defined to use a backup plan that was created in the Command Center or a storage policy that was created in the CommCell Console. You cannot change that selection for an existing VM group, but you can select a different plan or policy, as follows:

   • When editing the Plan setting, you can select a plan that was previously defined in the Command Center.

   • When editing the Policies setting, you can make the following changes:

     • From the Storage policy list, you can select a storage policy that was previously defined in the CommCell Console or a plan that was defined in the Command Center.

     • Optional: You can select a schedule policy that was previously defined in the CommCell Console.

7. Optional: You can select a schedule policy that was previously defined using CommCell Console.

8. Click Save.