If your environment includes at least one hypervisor that VM provisioning settings are specified for, you can create an access node for a hypervisor.
Perform this procedure after the Specifying VM Provisioning Settings for Amazon EC2 Access Nodes procedure.
Procedure
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From the Command Center navigation pane, go to Protect > Virtualization.
The Virtual machines page appears.
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On the Hypervisors tab, click the Amazon hypervisor that will host the access node.
The hypervisor properties page appears.
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On the Configuration tab, in the Access node section, click the Actions button, and then select Create access node.
The Create access node dialog box appears.
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For Select operating system, select the operating system of the access node.
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In VM name, enter a name for the VM.
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From the Provisioning hypervisor list, select the hypervisor that will host the access node.
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From the Region list, select the region that will host the access node from.
Note
If you select a region that is configured in the VM provisioning settings, then VPC, Subnet list, Security group, and Key pair settings are not available for selection.
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From the Availability zone list, select the availability zone that you want to use to create access nodes.
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From the VPC list, select a VPC.
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From the Subnet list, select a subnet.
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From the Security group list, select a security group.
After running a backup job, if you try to change the security group for the access nodes that will be launched in a new security group, the original security group is used anyway. To avoid that problem, remove the access nodes from the server group, and then select a new security group. The software creates new access nodes using the security group that you selected.
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If you are using an access node to host deduplication databases, move the Enable key pair toggle key to the right.
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In the confirmation dialog box that appears, click Yes.
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From the Key pair list, select the key pair that you want to use for logging on to the access node.
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If you want to specify tags for the provisioned access node, do the following:
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In the Tags section, click Add.
The Add tag dialog box appears. -
In the Key box, enter the key value of the tag.
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In the Value, enter the value of the tag.
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Click Save.
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Click Save.
Results
The new access node appears in the Access node section on the Configuration tab for the provisioning hypervisor.