Use the onboarding wizard to discover VMware virtual machines (VMs) managed by a vCenter or by an individual ESXi server. Once you discover one or more applications, you can protect them all at once by applying a backup template and profile or you can add them to the applications list as unmanaged or ignored VMs.
To discover and protect VMware VMs:
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In the management console, click the App Managerdrop-down menu and select Applications.
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Click Add Application.
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Select VMware Engine.
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Click Add New Server to add vCenters or an ESXi server.
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Select a vCenter or an ESXi server where you want to perform VM discovery and click Nextfrom the server list.
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On the Managepage, a list of VMs appears. Select a VM to discover and click Next.
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Apply the policy template and profile to the Compute Engine instance:
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Select one or more VMs that you want to protect.
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Select Apply Backup Plan.
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Select Apply Backup Planfrom the Choose actiondrop-down list.
The Choose templatedrop-down list opens.
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Select a template from the Choose templatedrop-down list.
The Choose profiledrop-down list opens.
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Click OK.
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Click Application Settingsfor each VM in the list to make changes to the default configuration.
The Application Details and Settingspage opens. See Configure application settings for VMs
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If there are multiple VMs and you want to make the same changes to all the VMs, click define settings for all applicationsand make the necessary changes.
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Click Next.
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Review the summary screen. If everything is correct, click Finishto complete the onboarding process. The selected VMs are backed up based on the policy template that you select.
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After onboarding is complete, a dialog appears. Click Finishagain.
Once the policy template is attached to the selected VMs, the status changes to a check mark.
The check mark indicates that your VMs are ready to run a backup job within the schedule by the policy. If you want to run the job immediately, see Run on-demand job .
Add a server
In case the vCenter or ESXi server of interest isn't in the server list, add the VCenter or ESXi as new server using the following instructions.
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Click Add New Server.
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For Type, keep vCenter, the default, or select ESXi.
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Add the hostname and a friendly path for the host in Hostname. The name of the host must start with a letter, and contain letters, digits (0-9), and an underscore ( _ ).
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Enter the IP address of the host in the IP Addressfield.
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Optionally, you can enter the port number—if you aren't using the default port number—in the Portfield.
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Enter the login credentials for authentication in the Usernameand Passwordfields.
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Select one or more backup/recovery appliances where you want to add the server from the Appliance(s)checklist.
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Click Addto add the new server. If the information provided is incorrect, you see an error message and the new server isn't added.
What's next
- To define application settings, see Configure application settings for VMware VMs .
The VMware administrator's guide
This page is one in a series of pages specific to protecting and recovering VMware VMs with Backup and DR. You can find additional information at:
