You can back up a VM or a VM group on demand. During the backup VMs are distributed to access nodes in a round-robin fashion.
Procedure
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From the Command Center navigation pane, go to Protect > Virtualization.
The Virtual machines page appears.
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Back up the VM or the VM group:
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To back up a VM, in the row for the VM, click the action button, and then select Backup.
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To back up all the VMs in a VM group, do the following:
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Click the VM groups tab.
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In the row for the VM group, click the action button , and then select Back up.
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The Backup options dialog box appears.
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For Backup type, select the type of backup to perform.
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If you are backing up a VM, for Retention, to specify a custom retention period for the backup, do the following:
By default, the retention period is inherited from the plan. The Retention setting is not available for VM groups.
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Click the edit button .
The Edit retention settings dialog box appears.
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Select Retention period, and then specify the amount of time to retain the backup for.
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Click Save.
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Click Submit to start the backup.