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4 EMC Avamar 6.1 for VMware User Guide
Contents
Chapter 4 Backup
Limitations.................................................................................................. 74
Performing an on-demand image backup .................................................... 74
Scheduling backups.................................................................................... 76
Chapter 5 Restore
Overview..................................................................................................... 78
Limitations.................................................................................................. 78
Guidelines for performing image restores versus file-level restores.............. 80
Restoring the full image or selected drives to the original virtual machine ... 80
Restoring the full image or selected drives to a different (existing) virtual
machine ...................................................................................................... 83
Restoring the full image or selected drives to a new virtual machine............ 86
Restoring specific folders or files................................................................. 89
Chapter 6 Protecting the vCenter Management Infrastructure
Overview..................................................................................................... 92
Backing up the vCenter management infrastructure..................................... 92
Task list ................................................................................................ 93
Task 1: Implement guest backups or VMware image backups................ 93
Task 2: Define a custom dataset for vCenter backups............................ 93
Task 3: Add a backup client for vCenter database hosts ........................ 94
Recovering vCenter management infrastructure from Avamar backups......... 95
Appendix A vSphere Data Ports
Communication ports.................................................................................. 98
Listen ports................................................................................................. 98
Appendix B Plug-in Options
How to set plug-in options ........................................................................ 100
Linux VMware Image plug-in options ......................................................... 100
Windows VMware Image plug-in options ................................................... 101
Linux VMware File-level Restore plug-in options ........................................ 101
Windows VMware File-level Restore plug-in options................................... 101
Index