Editing VM Group Settings for Nutanix

For an existing VM group, you can modify options that affect backups.

Procedure

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

   The Virtual machines page appears.

2. Click the VM groups tab.

   The VM group page appears.

   The VM groups area displays summary information for any existing VM groups.

3. Click a VM group.

   The VM group details page appears.

4. On the Configuration tab, the Options area shows settings that are used to back up the virtual machines in the VM group.

5. In the Options area, click Edit.

   The Edit settings dialog box appears.

   Provide the following information:

   • To use changed block tracking (CBT) for backups, move the Use changed block tracking toggle key to the right.

     With CBT, backups only write blocks that have changed since the previous backup. For virtual machines where there is a known issue with CBT, you can turn off CBT to run backups using the cyclic redundancy check (CRC) method instead.

   • No. of readers: Set the number of readers to control how many parallel read operations can be launched during backups.

   • To perform IntelliSnap backups, move the IntelliSnap toggle key to the right.

   • Virtual machine backup type: Select the type of backup to perform:

     • Application-Consistent: Quiesces the file system and applications while performing the backup.

     • Crash-consistent: Takes a point-in-time snapshot of virtual machine data without quiescing.

     • Application Based: Performs application discovery for those VMs selected within the VM group and configures backups by installing an in-guest application agent.

   • Enter the Backup job start time.

6. Click Save.