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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 Protect > Virtualization.

    The Virtual machines page appears.

  2. On the Hypervisors tab, 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.

  4. Click the Configuration tab.

    The Settings area shows settings that are used to back up the virtual machines in the VM group.

  5. In the Settings area, do the following:

    1. Move the Use changed block tracking toggle key to the right to perform CBT-enabled backups.

      Important

      If you use CBT backups, in certain cases, the Commvault software might not delete snapshots that are intended to be temporary, and these snapshots can increase your monthly costs for AWS. For information about identifying and deleting these snapshots, see Cleaning up resources after Amazon EC2 instance or backup deletion.

    2. Move the IntelliSnap toggle key to the right to perform IntelliSnap backups.

    3. Move the File Indexing toggle key to the right to enable file indexing.

      Note

      • When you enable file indexing, if the MediaAgent associated with the backup plan or storage policy that is assigned to back up the VM group does not have the software packages that are required for file indexing, Commvault installs those packages automatically.

      • When you enable file indexing, if the access node (VSA proxy) that is assigned to back up the VM group does not have the software packages that are required for file indexing, Commvault installs those packages automatically.

  6. To edit other settings, in the Settings area, click Edit.

    The Edit settings dialog box appears.

    Provide the following information:

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

    • Application Aware: Select this virtual machine backup type for in-guest application plug-ins that 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 (embd_vm backup type (1)), and then provide the guest credentials.

  7. 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.

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

  9. Click Save.

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