You can create a VM group to identify a specific set of Huawei FusionCompute VMs to back up or restore.
Procedure
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From the Command Center navigation pane, go to Protect > Virtualization.
The Virtual machines page appears.
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In the upper-right area of the page, click Add VM group.
The Select Hypervisor page of the Add VM Group configuration wizard appears.
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From the Hypervisor list, select the hypervisor to create a VM group for.
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Click Next.
The Plan page appears.
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Select an existing plan or create a new plan.
Steps to create a plan
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Click the add button .
The Create server backup plan dialog box appears.
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In the Plan name box, enter a descriptive name for the plan.
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For Storage, select the storage pool to store backups in.
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For the plan settings, select pre-defined settings or create custom settings:
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To select pre-defined settings, under Retention rules, select one if the following:
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Select Standard retention to retain the incremental backups for 1 month.
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Select Extended retention for optimized storage where the incremental backups of primary and secondary copies are retained for 1 month, and extended retention for monthly and yearly full backups.
Note
The Extended retention option is available only when the secondary copy backup is selected.
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To create custom settings, select Custom plan, and then specify the following:
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For Retention, specify the amount of time to retain the backups.
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For Backups run every, specify how often to run backups.
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Click Done.
The Add VM Group page appears.
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In Name, enter a descriptive name for the VM group.
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To create rules that auto-discover and select VMs to back up, do the following:
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Click Add, and then select Rules.
The Add rule dialog box appears.
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From the list, select the type of rule to create:
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Browse: Select specific VMs. (Selecting this option changes the Add rule dialog box to the Add content dialog box.)
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Datastore: Select VMs based on the datastore they are in.
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Guest OS: Select VMs based on operating system. For example, to select VMs that are not Windows, enter Guest OS | Does not contain | Windows.
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Host: Select VMs based on hostname. For example, to select VMs that are on hosts that include "acme" in their names, enter Host | Contains | acme.
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Power state: Select VMs based on their power status of On, Off, or Other.
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Template: Specify whether to select virtual machine templates. For example, to select templates, enter Template | Equals | True.
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Virtual machine: Select specific VMs.
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Virtual machine name or pattern: Select VMs based on their names. For example, to select VMs that have a name that includes "east", enter Virtual machine name or pattern | Contains | east.
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Click Save.
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To select VMs in other ways, do the following:
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Click Add, and then select Content.
The Add content dialog box appears.
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From the Browse and select VMs list, select one of the following:
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VMs: Select specific VMs.
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Hosts and clusters: Select VMs by the hosts or clusters they are in.
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Datastores and datastore clusters: Select VMs by the datastores or datastore clusters they are in.
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Click Save.
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To see the VMs that are selected for the VM group, click the Preview button.
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To use IntelliSnap to back up the VM group, move the IntelliSnap toggle key to the right.
When you enable IntelliSnap for a VM group, the associated server plan is automatically updated to have the Snap enabled option selected.
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Click Submit.