Section 13 - Backup / Restore VMware Virtual Machines

This section describes how to backup and restore virtual machine running on VMware.

13.1.6 How to backup virtual machines on VMware ESXi / ESX Server with VDDK/non VDDK

Refer to the following instructions to backup VM running on VMware ESXi or ESX Server:




• Login to the backup application's user interface.



For backup client computer on Windows, double-click on the OBM desktop icon or right-click on the system tray icon:



For backup client computer on Mac OS X, double-click on the OBM desktop icon.

For VMware Server installation on Linux, enter the following command to start the OBM graphical user interface:





# sh /usr/local/obm/bin/RunOBC.sh &



• Select the [Backup Settings] button and the button to start the New Backup Set Wizard.




• Create a VMware VM Backup set by selecting [VMware VM Backup] from the backup set type dropdown menu.
• Enter the corresponding information required:






Menu Items	Description
Name	Enter a backup set name of your choice.
Type	Select backup set type [VMware VM Backup].
VMware Host Version	Select version [VMware vSphere ESXi] or [VMware vSphere ESX] according to your setup.
Username	The username must be root.
Password	Enter the password for the root account.
Host	Enter the IP address or hostname of your hypervisor.
Port	Enter 80 for connection via HTTP protocol or 443 for HTTPS protocol.
SSH Port	Enter the SSH port (default: port 22).




Note:
For backup of individual virtual disk, configuration files of the VM are also backed up.





Important:
For backup of VM with snapshot, backup of the whole VM instead of individual disk is highly recommended.




• When the OBM detects the VM is possible to enable VDDK mode backup, there are message to prompt for enabling the 'Changed Block Tracking (CBT)' or the 'Upgrade the VM hardware version', click on [Yes] to enable/proceed, it will take a few minutes for the changes. If you click [No], or the VDDK detection failure the VM backup will be using non-VDDK mode.



Note:

• To run the backup in VDDK mode, the tracking option will be turned on, the running VM will be turned off and all the snapshot will be removed.
• When the VM hardware version is below version 7, it will prompt for the upgrade, the running VM will be turned off and all the snapshot will be removed.


• Configure a backup schedule for unattended backups.



Note: Multiple backup schedules of different types can be configured for the same backup set.




• Select an encryption setting for your backup set.
• Press the [OK] button to complete the configuration of backup set.
• Scheduled backup will run automatically at the configured schedule time.
• Click [Backup] button on the left panel to perform a backup immediately.



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