Discover and protect VMware VMs

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:

1. In the management console, click the App Managerdrop-down menu and select Applications.

2. Click Add Application.

3. Select VMware Engine.

4. Click Add New Server to add vCenters or an ESXi server.

5. Select a vCenter or an ESXi server where you want to perform VM discovery and click Nextfrom the server list.

6. On the Managepage, a list of VMs appears. Select a VM to discover and click Next.

7. Apply the policy template and profile to the Compute Engine instance:

   1. Select one or more VMs that you want to protect.

   2. Select Apply Backup Plan.

   3. Select Apply Backup Planfrom the Choose actiondrop-down list.

      The Choose templatedrop-down list opens.

   4. Select a template from the Choose templatedrop-down list.

      The Choose profiledrop-down list opens.

   5. Click OK.

8. 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

9. 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.

10. Click Next.

11. 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.

12. 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.

1. Click Add New Server.

2. For Type, keep vCenter, the default, or select ESXi.

3. 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 ( _ ).

4. Enter the IP address of the host in the IP Addressfield.

5. Optionally, you can enter the port number—if you aren't using the default port number—in the Portfield.

6. Enter the login credentials for authentication in the Usernameand Passwordfields.

7. Select one or more backup/recovery appliances where you want to add the server from the Appliance(s)checklist.

8. 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:

• Backup and DR for VMware VMs

• Configure Google Cloud VMware Engine for Backup and DR protection

• Add vCenter and ESX server hosts to the management console

• Discover and protect VMware VMs

• Apply a backup template to protect a VM

• Configure Application settings for VMware VMs

• Restore a VMware VM

• Mount a VMware image

• Clone an image of a VMware VM

• Create LiveClone workflows

• Move VM management between two backup/recovery appliances