HP Data Protector A.06.11 Support for VMware vStorage

First published October, 2010. Latest version, V6, May 2011


Technical white paper

Table of contents
Summary ............................................................................................................................................ 3
Introduction ......................................................................................................................................... 4
Backup concepts .................................................................................................................................. 5
Operational method ......................................................................................................................... 5
Data Protector components ................................................................................................................ 5
Supported configurations .................................................................................................................. 6
Restore concepts ................................................................................................................................ 11
Restore of virtual machines .............................................................................................................. 11
Restore considerations .................................................................................................................... 12
Data Protector backup types ............................................................................................................... 13
vStorage Image backup method .......................................................................................................... 14
Snapshot management ................................................................................................................... 15
Standard operation ........................................................................................................................ 16
Backup summary ............................................................................................................................ 17
Backup considerations .................................................................................................................... 25
Limitations ......................................................................................................................................... 27
Installation ........................................................................................................................................ 28
Prerequisites .................................................................................................................................. 28
Installation procedure ..................................................................................................................... 28
Importing VMware clients into the Data Protector cell ......................................................................... 33
Configuring the integration ................................................................................................................. 37
Prerequisites .................................................................................................................................. 37
Before you begin ........................................................................................................................... 37
Configuring VMware users .............................................................................................................. 37
Configuring a backup host .............................................................................................................. 37
Configuring VMware management clients ......................................................................................... 37
Configuring virtual machines ........................................................................................................... 38
Checking the configuration of VMware management clients ................................................................ 43
Backup ............................................................................................................................................. 45
What is backed up? ....................................................................................................................... 45
Prerequisites .................................................................................................................................. 45
Creating backup specifications ........................................................................................................ 45
Modifying backup specifications ...................................................................................................... 50
Scheduling backup specifications ..................................................................................................... 50
Previewing backup sessions ............................................................................................................ 51
Starting backup sessions ................................................................................................................. 52
Restore ............................................................................................................................................. 53
Restore to a datacenter ................................................................................................................... 53
Restore to a directory...................................................................................................................... 53
Finding information for restore ......................................................................................................... 54
Restoring using the Data Protector GUI ............................................................................................. 56
Restoring using the Data Protector CLI ............................................................................................... 60

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