The configuration wizard guides you through the configuration process, which includes creating any new entities that are needed, such as a plan, a hypervisor, and a VM group.
Start the Configuration Wizard
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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 hypervisor.
The Configure Hypervisor page appears.
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Click Nutanix AHV.
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Click Next.
The Backup Method Overview page of the configuration wizard appears.
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Review the information.
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Click Next.
The Backup Gateway page of the configuration wizard appears.
Backup Gateway
A backup gateway is required to back up VMs without egress charges. Access nodes run backups and other operations. See System Requirements for On-Premises Backup Gateways.
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Select an existing backup gateway or create a new backup gateway.
Steps to create a backup gateway
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Click the add button .
The Add new backup gateway dialog box appears.
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Click Download.
The backup gateway installer is downloaded. The file name of the installer is BackupGateway64.exe.
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On the computer that you will use as the backup gateway, install the software:
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Right-click the installation file, and then select Run as administrator.
The Custom Package Manager dialog box appears.
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Extract the files.
The Commvault Cloud installer appears.
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In the Installation Path box, enter the path to install the backup gateway (default path is C:\Program Files\Metallic\ContentStore) and then click Next.
The Data Directory Path screen appears.
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In the Select data directory path box, enter the path on the dedicated data disk for the deduplication database, index cache, and job results folder.
By default, a non-OS drive with the largest amount of available space is selected as the data directory path. For example, E:\Metallic\Data.
Important
Because the data disk is used for intensive I/O operations such as deduplication, job results, and index caching, use either a separate data disk or virtual drives using a storage pool.
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Click Next to start the installation.
After the software is installed, the Server Authentication dialog box appears.
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Click Enter Credentials, and then enter the credentials that you use to log on to the Command Center.
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If you are an MFA-enabled customer, when prompted, enter the authcode that was displayed on the download screen.
To view the authcode, go to Manage > Company.
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Click Next.
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Before leaving the installer, copy the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of the backup gateway.
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Return to the Select backup gateway page.
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In the Backup gateway hostname box, enter the FQDN of the backup gateway.
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Click Submit.
The backup gateway registers with Commvault Cloud.
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Return to Commvault Cloud.
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Refresh the list of backup gateways, and then select the backup gateway that you created.
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Click Next.
The Local Storage page of the configuration wizard appears.
Local Storage
For optimal performance, store a primary copy locally and a secondary copy in a cloud location. If you back up directly to cloud, without a local copy, you might experience sub-optimal performance.
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Decide whether to use local storage:
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To store the primary backup only in the cloud, move the Backup to cloud storage only toggle key to the right.
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To store the primary backup locally, select existing local storage or create a new local storage location.
Steps to create local storage
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Click the add button .
The Add local storage dialog box appears.
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In Name, enter a descriptive name for the local storage.
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Click Add.
The Add backup location dialog box appears.
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From the Access node list, select the backup gateway to use.
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For Type, select whether the storage is local or on a network.
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If you selected Network, enter the credentials to access the backup location.
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For Backup location, enter the path to store the backup in.
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Click Add.
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Click Save.
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Click Next.
The Cloud Storage page of the configuration wizard appears.
Cloud Storage
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Decide whether to use cloud storage:
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If you specified local storage, and you don't want to use cloud storage, move the Only use on-premises storage toggle key to the right.
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Select existing cloud storage or create new cloud storage.
Steps to create cloud storage
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Click the add button .
The Add cloud storage dialog box appears.
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From Type, select the storage provider, and then enter the necessary values.
Storage provider
Values
Amazon S3
Name: Enter a descriptive name for the cloud storage.
Region: Select the region for the cloud storage.
Authentication: Select the type of authentication to use.
Bucket: Enter the name of the bucket.
Storage class: Select the storage class for the type of access that you want to have for the data.
Air Gap Protect
Cloud storage provider: Select Azure Blob Storage or OCI Object Storage.
Storage class: Select the storage class for the type of access that you want to have for the data.
Region: Select the region for the cloud storage.
Microsoft Azure Storage
Name: Enter a descriptive name for the cloud storage.
Credentials: Select existing credentials or create new credentials.
Region: Select the region for the cloud storage.
Container: Enter the name of the container. For example, enter bucket_name.
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Object Storage
Name: Enter a descriptive name for the cloud storage.
Credentials: Select the credentials to use.
Region: Select the region for the cloud storage.
Compartment name: Enter the name of the compartment.
Bucket: Enter the name of the bucket.
Storage class: Select the storage class for the type of access that you want to have for the data.
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Click Save.
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If you are storing the primary copy in the cloud (not locally), and you want to store a secondary copy in the cloud, do the following:
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Move the Secondary copy toggle key to the right.
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For Storage location, select an existing storage location or create a new storage location.
Steps to create cloud storage
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Click the add button .
The Add cloud storage dialog box appears.
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From Type, select the storage provider, and then enter the necessary values.
Storage provider
Values
Amazon S3
Name: Enter a descriptive name for the cloud storage.
Region: Select the region for the cloud storage.
Authentication: Select the type of authentication to use.
Bucket: Enter the name of the bucket.
Storage class: Select the storage class for the type of access that you want to have for the data.
Air Gap Protect
Cloud storage provider: Select Azure Blob Storage or OCI Object Storage.
Storage class: Select the storage class for the type of access that you want to have for the data.
Region: Select the region for the cloud storage.
Microsoft Azure Storage
Name: Enter a descriptive name for the cloud storage.
Credentials: Select existing credentials or create new credentials.
Region: Select the region for the cloud storage.
Container: Enter the name of the container. For example, enter bucket_name.
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Object Storage
Name: Enter a descriptive name for the cloud storage.
Credentials: Select the credentials to use.
Region: Select the region for the cloud storage.
Compartment name: Enter the name of the compartment.
Bucket: Enter the name of the bucket.
Storage class: Select the storage class for the type of access that you want to have for the data.
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Click Save.
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Click Next.
The Plan page of the configuration wizard appears.
Plan
A plan specifies the storage to back up the data to and other settings such as recovery point objective (RPO) settings.
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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 Add 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 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 of 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 Snapshot retention, specify the number of snapshots to retain for IntelliSnap backups.
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For Retention, specify the amount of time to retain the backup jobs.
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For Retention monthly full (Secondary copy), specify the amount of time to retain the monthly full backup on secondary copy.
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For Retention yearly full (Secondary copy), specify the amount of time to retain the yearly full backup on secondary copy.
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For Backups run every, specify how often to run backups.
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Click Done.
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Click Next.
The Hypervisor page of the configuration wizard appears.
Hypervisor
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In Hypervisor display name, enter a descriptive name for the hypervisor.
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Provide a fully qualified hostname or IP address for the hypervisor.
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For Hypervisor display name, type a descriptive name for the hypervisor.
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For Credentials, select existing credentials or create new credentials.
Create steps using credentials
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Click the add button .
The Add credential dialog box appears.
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For Credential Vault, select the credential vault to save the credentials in.
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In Credential name, enter a descriptive name for the credentials.
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In User account, enter the name of the user account that has permissions to do the following:
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Access the vCenter, ESX servers, datastores, and virtual machines—as well as the volumes, files, and folders within virtual machines
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Obtain the account credentials or get access to saved credentials
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Perform discovery, backup, and restore operation.
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In Password, enter the password for the user account.
Verify that the password for the hypervisor does not contain any of the following special characters or any non-ASCII characters: ampersand (&), semicolon (;), double quotation mark ("), single quotation mark ('), caret (^), backslash (\), percentage sign (%), left angle bracket (<), right angle bracket (>).
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In Description, enter a description of the credentials.
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Click Save.
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Click Next.
The Add VM Group page of the configuration wizard appears.
Add a VM Group
A VM group is a set of VMs that you want to back up with the same settings.
You can add content to the VM group by using rules that auto-discover VMs and/or by selecting specific VMs.
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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, and then specify the rule:
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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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Power state: Select VMs based on a power status of On, Off, or Other. (Other includes statuses such as Suspended).
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Protection domain: Select a host, protection domain, or specific virtual machines.
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Storage container: Select a storage container or specific virtual machines.
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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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Protection domains: Sort VMs by host, protection domain, or specific virtual machines.
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VMs: Sort VMs by name.
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Storage containers: Sort VMs by storage container or specific virtual machines.
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Select the VMs to add to the VM group.
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Click Save.
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Click Next.
The Summary page of the configuration wizard appears.
Summary
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Review the summary.
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Click Finish.