Creating a Subclient for VMware Cloud Director

To provide protection for a specific set of virtual machines, create a new subclient. A user-defined subclient can identify virtual machines that have the same Service Level Agreement (SLA) or that need to be backed up on the same schedule. For example, you can create a subclient for virtual machines running the same operating system.

The default subclient is preconfigured to back up all virtual machines that are not protected by other subclients.

Before You Begin

• Create a virtualization client for VMware Cloud Director.

• Configure a storage device. For more information, see the following:

  • Disk Libraries

  • Tape Libraries

• Create a storage policy.

Procedure

1. From the CommCell Browser, navigate to Client Computers > virtualization_client > Virtual Server > VMware Cloud Director.

2. Right-click a backup set and click New Subclient.

3. On the General tab, enter the Subclient name.

4. Identify virtual machines to back up:

   1. Click the Content tab.

   2. Click Browse.

      The Organizations view displays the VMware Cloud Director hierarchy including vCenters, virtual data centers (vDCs), organization vDCs, vApps, and virtual machines.

   3. Navigate to one or more entities in the hierarchy and select them.

   4. Click OK.

      The selected entities are displayed in the Contents of subclient list.

   For other methods of identifying virtual machines for a subclient, see Adding Subclient Content.

5. Click the Storage Device tab.

6. Select a storage policy.

7. To specify proxies to be used for backups of the subclient, click the Advanced Options tab and add the proxies to be used.

   If you do not specify proxies at the subclient level, the proxies specified at the instance level are used.

8. Click OK.

9. In the Backup Schedule dialog box, click Do Not Schedule, and then click OK.