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Dell EMC NetWorker Version 18.1 VMware Integration Guide 302-004-429 REV 07 Copyright © 1990-2019 Dell Inc. or its subsidiaries. All rights reserved. Published February 2019 Dell believes the information in this publication is accurate as of its publication date. The information is subject to change without notice. THE INFORMATION IN THIS PUBLICATION IS PROVIDED “AS-IS.“ DELL MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND WITH RESPECT TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PUBLICATION, AND SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. USE, COPYING, AND DISTRIBUTION OF ANY DELL SOFTWARE DESCRIBED IN THIS PUBLICATION REQUIRES AN APPLICABLE SOFTWARE LICENSE. Dell, EMC, and other trademarks are trademarks of Dell Inc. or its subsidiaries. Other trademarks may be the property of their respective owners. Published in the USA. Dell EMC Hopkinton, Massachusetts 01748-9103 1-508-435-1000 In North America 1-866-464-7381 www.DellEMC.com 2 NetWorker 18.1 VMware Integration Guide CONTENTS Figures 9 Tables 13 Preface 15 Chapter 1 Introduction to NetWorker VMware Protection with the vProxy appliance 21 Introduction to NetWorker VMware Protection with vProxy appliance...... 22 Components in the NetWorker VMware Protection Solution with vProxy appliance.................................................................................................... 22 System requirements..................................................................................23 Port requirements...................................................................................... 25 vProxy limitations and unsupported features.............................................. 27 Compatibility information........................................................................... 30 Recommendations and considerations........................................................30 Performance and scalability...........................................................30 NetWorker VMware Protection Solution best practices with the vProxy appliance........................................................................... 32 Configuration checklist..................................................................35 Accessing Knowledge Base Articles............................................................36 Chapter 2 Deploy the vProxy appliance and configure the NetWorker datazone 37 Deploying the vProxy appliance..................................................................38 Deploy the vProxy OVA on a vCenter server................................. 38 Deploy the vProxy OVA on an ESXi host....................................... 39 VMware vCenter server management......................................................... 41 Add the vCenter server using NMC's VMware View.......................41 Add the vCenter server using the NetWorker Management Web UI.. 42 Configuring and registering the vProxy appliance.......................................44 Configure and register the vProxy in NMC.................................... 44 Add and configure the vProxy in the NetWorker Management Web UI...................................................................................................46 Installing the vCenter plug-in......................................................................47 Install the vCenter plug-in using VMware View in NMC................. 47 Install the vCenter plug-in using the NetWorker Management Web UI.................................................................................................. 50 Enable the Microsoft VM App Agent for SQL Server application-consistent protection................................................................................................... 51 Additional vProxy backup configuration options......................................... 56 Configure a backup to support VMware encryption.......................57 Configure a backup to support vSAN encryption...........................58 Enabling or disabling Changed Block Tracking............................... 58 NetWorker 18.1 VMware Integration Guide 3 CONTENTS Creating a dedicated vCenter user account and VM Backup and Recovery role.............................................................................................................59 Create vCenter user account.........................................................59 Create a customized role...............................................................60 vSphere Client user accounts........................................................ 63 Adding a NIC for VMXNET 3 on the vProxy appliance................................65 Dual vNIC setup and configuration requirements........................................68 Verify vNIC connectivity............................................................................ 69 Migrating policies from VMware Backup appliance to vProxy appliance..... 70 Co-existence of the VMware Backup appliance and vProxy appliance........................................................................................ 71 Migration pre-requisites.................................................................73 Policy migration to vProxy by using NMC......................................73 Policy migration to vProxy by using the command line...................74 Renaming a NetWorker 9.1 and later server with legacy VMware Backup appliance...........................................................................75 Updating the Microsoft VM App Agent and FLR Agent software................75 Updating the vProxy appliance................................................................... 75 Deleting the vProxy host ........................................................................... 76 Redeploying a vProxy................................................................................. 77 Un-registering and re-registering a vProxy after removal........................... 77 Resetting the admin account password ..................................................... 77 Chapter 3 Protecting virtual machines 79 Preparing the NetWorker data zone...........................................................80 Configure the Data Domain System...............................................80 Creating VMware data protection policies in NMC for the vProxy appliance.. 81 Overview of data protection policies.............................................. 81 Create a VMware policy.................................................................83 Creating a workflow.......................................................................84 Create or edit a VMware group......................................................89 VMware actions............................................................................. 91 Starting, stopping, and restarting policies.....................................101 Enabling a VMware group with Dynamic Association and applying rules in NMC.................................................................................101 Visual representation of VMware policy and associated actions... 105 VMware View in NMC.................................................................. 106 vProxy backup workflows in the vSphere Client's Dell EMC NetWorker interface.................................................................................................... 112 Connect to the NetWorker server in the vSphere Client...............112 Start a vProxy policy in the vSphere Client Dell EMC NetWorker interface....................................................................................... 115 Add virtual machines to a vProxy policy in the vSphere Client Dell EMC NetWorker interface............................................................ 116 vProxy workflows in the vSphere Web Client's VM Backup and Recovery interface.................................................................................................... 118 Connect to the NetWorker server in the vSphere Web Client.......118 Starting a vProxy policy in the vSphere Web Client..................... 120 Adding virtual machines to a vProxy policy workflow in the vSphere Web Client.................................................................................... 121 Troubleshooting Data Protection Policies................................................. 122 Backup operations........................................................................122 vProxy backup log files.................................................................126 NMC function to collect vProxy log bundle information............... 127 4 NetWorker 18.1 VMware Integration Guide CONTENTS Logs for SQL application-consistent data protection................... 128 Chapter 4 Recover virtual machines and data 129 vProxy recovery in NMC........................................................................... 130 Entering management credentials for the Data Domain resource (instant recovery and User mode file-level restore only)..............130 File-level restore as a domain user................................................132 Recovering a virtual machine using the NMC Recovery wizard.... 134 vProxy recovery in the NetWorker Management Web UI.......................... 151 Revert (or rollback) a virtual machine backup.............................. 152 Recover to a new virtual machine.................................................153 Instant Restore of a virtual machine.............................................154 Virtual Disk (VMDK) recovery.....................................................