Adding Support for Other Solutions on the VMware Virtual Machine

After you have completed your initial application setup, you can add support for other solutions. For example, you can add support for Exchange, Databases, and Virtualization.

Procedure

1. From the navigation pane, click Guided setup, and then click Virtualization.

2. From the Add hypervisor window, select the vendor type.

   The fields displayed will differ depending on the vendor selected. Enter the required information. The proxy is selected by default. This is the MediaAgent used to process the backup requests. Click Save.

3. In the Add VM group window, enter the required information to complete a backup of a group of VMs.

   1. Name the VM group.

   2. Browse and select the VMs to be protected.

   3. Review the storage policy and schedule policy defaults.

      These changes are not permanent and can be changed at any time.

   Click Save.

4. To start your first backup, click Backup now.

   This will launch the Job summary window where you can see the status of the events. Note that it will take a few minutes to complete.

   After your backup completes, you can run a restore operation.

5. From the left-side navigation bar, click Virtualization.

6. Go to the hypervisors, and then select the VM or VM group to restore.

7. From the Recovery Point windowpane, click Restore.

8. From the list of restore types available, select Full virtual machine.

9. Select the VMs to restore, and then click Restore.

10. In the Restore options popup window, configure the settings. You can restore in place or out-of-place. Click Next.

11. Review the default options for the remaining options.

    Make changes, if necessary, and then click Submit.

    The restore operation will occur as per your request, and a Job ID will be displayed in the upper right corner of the application. Click View jobs to see the restore job details.