Adding a VM Group for OpenStack

Add a VM group to identify a specific set of instances to back up or restore.

Before You Begin

• Define a server plan that specifies the storage, retention, and backup schedule to be used for the VM group.

• To select instances based on views or automatic discovery rules, see "Views and Rule Options" (below).

Procedure

1. From the navigation pane, go to Protect > Virtualization.

   The Virtual machines page appears.

2. Click the VM groups tab.

   The VM group page appears.

3. Click Add VM group.

   The Add VM group dialog box appears.

4. Provide the following information:

   • Hypervisor: Select the hypervisor.

   • Name: Type a descriptive name for the VM group.

   • Browse and select instances: Expand the tree below this field to select the content for the VM group. Click Select all to quickly select all objects or Clear all to remove all current selections.

     You can select a view from the grouping list to control the browse display.

   • You can also define rules to discover instances automatically:

     1. Click Add rule.

     2. From the Select rule for list, choose a rule type.

     3. From the Which matches with list, select Equals, Contains, Starts with, or Ends with.

     4. In the Name box, provide a value as required for the type of rule.

     5. Click OK.

   • Under Backup configuration, choose one of the following options:

     • Enable the Use backup plan option to associate a plan with the hypervisor.

       From the Plan list, select a plan that specifies the storage, retention, and backup schedule to be used for the VM group.

     • Disable the Use backup plan option to specify a storage policy and schedule policy that were defined using CommCell Console.

       From the Storage policy list, you can select a storage policy that was previously defined in CommCell Console or a plan that was defined in Command Center.

       Optional: You can select a schedule policy that was previously defined using CommCell Console.

   • IntelliSnap: Select this option to enable IntelliSnap backups.

     When you enable IntelliSnap for a VM group, the associated server plan is automatically updated to have the Snap enabled option selected.

5. Click Save to save the VM group.

VM groups are created with default settings for backup options. To change default settings, see Editing VM Group Options for OpenStack.

Views and Rule Options

When you define content or filters for a VM group, you can change the view and select specific entities, or define rules to automatically select instances that meet specific criteria.

Views

When you browse to select instances for VM group content or filters, you can select a browse method for the Browse and select VMs list, and then expand the tree below the list to select content for the VM group, or to clear previous selections.

You can select one of the following options from the list to control the browse display:

• Projects: Select a project, region, instance, or image.

• Admin: Select images or instances.

Rules

You can define rules to discover instances automatically.

When you add a rule, from the Select rule for list, choose one of the following rules and then, from the Which matches with list, select Equals, Contains, Starts with, or Ends with:

• Instance name/pattern: In the Name box, type the display name of the instance or a pattern using wildcards (for example, Test* to identify instances for which the instance name begins with "Test").

• Power state: From the Name list, select the power on status of instances to be included in the VM group content. You can select On to identify instances that are powered on, Off to identify instances that are powered off, or Other to identify instances with a different power on status, such as Suspended.