See the following topics to create backup jobs:
Note: iSeries backup jobs are not created in the UI. The procedures in this topic do not apply to iSeries. To create an iSeries backup job, see iSeries Backups Overview and Procedures.
Before creating jobs, add to the appliance the assets you want to protect, as described in Managing protected assets. Unitrends also recommends that you review the following information to develop the best protection strategy for your environment:
• | Protection Overview, which covers backup modes, backup groups, and other general key concepts. |
• | The backups overview chapter for the asset type you want to protect, which covers requirements and other considerations: |
– | Host-level Backups Overview |
– | Asset-level Backups Overview |
– | NAS Backups Overview |
– | Application Backups Overview |
Any physical machine, virtual machine, or application you add to the appliance is an asset you can select to include in the jobs you create. When creating a backup job, you first select the asset type you want to protect. You can then select assets of this type in an inventory tree. You cannot select assets that do not match the asset type you picked. To select an asset, click on its check box. In some cases, you must expand nodes in the tree to view the asset you want to select. Assets display in the inventory tree as follows:
• | Each physical asset and virtual host displays as a top-level node. |
• | Each application displays as a sub-node under its physical host asset. Individual databases display under their application node. |
• | Each VM displays as a sub-node under its virtual host. |
Use these procedures to create backup jobs:
1 | Select Jobs > Create Job > Backup. |
2 | Select Agent-Based Assets in the What do you want to backup? list. |
3 | In the Inventory tree, check boxes to select the asset(s) you want to protect. |
To locate an asset by name, use the Search field below.
4 | (Optional) Select an asset and click Edit to apply options, such as data to include or exclude and commands to run pre- and/or post-backup. Click Save to retain any changes. |
• | Inclusion tab - Click to specify files, folders, or volumes to include in backups of this asset. |
– | Data that does not meet the criteria you specify here is NOT included in the backup. |
– | Type in the full path (e.g., C:/Documents) or Browse the asset to specify data to include. (Wildcards are not supported.) |
– | Run a new full backup upon creating or modifying included files. |
• | Exclusion tab - Click to specify files, folders, or volumes to exclude from backups of this asset. |
– | Data that does not meet the criteria you specify here IS included in the backup. |
– | To specify files, do any of the following: |
– | Type in the full path (e.g., C:/Documents). |
– | Browse the asset. |
– | Enter a regular expression. (Wildcards are not supported.) |
– | Run a new full backup upon creating or modifying excluded files. |
Note: If you specify both files to include and files to exclude, the inclusion is applied first. Any exclusions are then applied to the subset of included files.
• | Advanced - Click to exclude the system state from backup or to specify commands to run on the asset before or after a scheduled backup runs. |
Notes:
• | To perform bare metal recovery or Windows instant recovery the following must be included in the backup: system state and all boot and critical system (OS) volumes. If you need these features for the asset, do not specify data to include or exclude unless you are sure these volumes will be included. |
• | To run a command or script on the asset before a scheduled backup starts, enter the full path to the command or script in the Command to run Pre-Backup field. For example, C:\Data\script.bat or /usr/jsmith/script.sh. |
• | To run a command or script on the asset after a scheduled backup completes, enter the full path to the command or script in the Command to run Post-Backup field. For example, C:\Data\script.bat or /usr/jsmith/script.sh. |
• | Creating aliases for an asset - Adhere to the following when creating aliases for an asset: |
– | You must include the system state on the asset whose backups contain the boot and critical OS volumes. |
– | You must exclude the system state on the other aliased assets. This approach ensures you can perform bare metal recovery of the asset. |
– | Only one asset can include the system state. Disaster recovery of the asset fails if the system state is not included with the boot and OS volume or if the system state is included on aliased assets that do not include the boot and OS volume. |
Important! For Windows assets, the backup must contain the system state, boot disk and any other system critical volumes to use the integrated bare metal recovery and Windows instant recovery features. Be sure one of the aliased assets contains all of these disks to use these features.
5 | Click Next. |
6 | Select Now or Create a Schedule to specify when you want this job to run. If you create a schedule, enter a unique job name. |
7 | Set remaining Job Details and Options, then click Save: |
• | If you created a schedule, the job runs at the date and times specified. |
• | If you chose Now, the job queues immediately. Click Active Jobs to view the running job. |
Note: To access newly added virtual machines, sync inventory before creating your job by clicking the Gear icon in the upper-right of the UI and selecting Inventory Sync.
1 | Select Jobs > Create Job > Backup. |
2 | Select VMware Assets in the What do you want to backup? list. |
3 | In the Inventory tree, expand the virtual host and check boxes to select virtual machines to protect. |
• | To locate an asset by name, use the Search field below. |
• | To protect all VMs, select the virtual host. |
4 | (Optional) Click Edit to specify disks to exclude. Click Save to retain any changes. |
Note: To recover the entire virtual machine requires critical system volumes. Use care when omitting disks from backup.
5 | Click Next. |
6 | Select Now or Create a Schedule to specify when you want this job to run. If you create a schedule, enter a unique job name. |
7 | Set remaining Job Details and Options as desired, then click Save: |
• | If you created a schedule, the job runs at the date and times you specified. |
• | If you chose Now, the job queues immediately. Click Active Jobs to view the running job. |
Note: To access newly added virtual machines, sync inventory before creating your job by clicking the Gear icon in the upper-right of the UI and selecting Inventory Sync.
1 | Select Jobs > Create Job > Backup. |
2 | Select Hyper-V Assets in the What do you want to backup? list. |
3 | In the Inventory tree, expand the Hyper-V server and host application, then check boxes to select virtual machines to protect. |
• | To locate an asset by name, use the Search field below. |
• | To protect all VMs, select the Hyper-V host. |
4 | Click Next. |
5 | Select Now or Create a Schedule to specify when you want this job to run. If you create a schedule, enter a unique job name. |
6 | Set remaining Job Details and Options, then click Save: |
• | If you created a schedule, the job runs at the date and times you specified. |
• | If you chose Now, the job queues immediately. Click Active Jobs to view the running job. |
Note: To access newly added virtual machines, sync inventory before creating your job by clicking the Gear icon in the upper-right of the UI and selecting Inventory Sync.
1 | Select Jobs > Create Job > Backup. |
2 | Select XenServer Assets in the What do you want to backup? list. |
3 | In the Inventory tree, expand the asset and check boxes to select virtual machines to protect. |
To locate the asset by name, use the Search field below.
4 | (Optional) Click Edit to specify disks to exclude. Click Save to retain any changes. |
Note: To recover the entire virtual machine requires critical system volumes. Use care when omitting disks from backup.
5 | Click Next. |
6 | Select Now or Create a Schedule to specify when you want this job to run. If you create a schedule, enter a unique job name. |
7 | Set remaining Job Details and Options, then click Save: |
• | If you created a schedule, the job runs at the date and times you specified. |
• | If you chose Now, the job queues immediately. Click Active Jobs to view the running job. |
1 | Select Jobs > Create Job > Backup. |
2 | Select NAS in the What do you want to backup? list. |
3 | In the Inventory tree, check boxes to select the NAS assets to protect. |
To locate the asset by name, use the Search field below.
4 | (Optional) Click Edit to specify directories or files to include or exclude. Click Save to retain any changes. |
5 | Click Next. |
6 | Select Now or Create a Schedule to specify when you want this job to run. If you create a schedule, enter a unique job name. |
7 | Set remaining Job Details and Options, then click Save: |
• | If you created a schedule, the job runs at the date and times you specified. |
• | If you chose Now, the job queues immediately. Click Active Jobs to view the running job. |
1 | Select Jobs > Create Job > Backup. |
2 | Select NDMP in the What do you want to backup? list. |
3 | In the Inventory tree, expand the desired NAS asset and check boxes to select volumes to protect. |
To locate the asset by name, use the Search field below.
4 | (Optional) If creating a schedule, you may check Auto-include new volumes to add any newly detected volumes to the schedule. |
5 | Click Next. |
6 | Select Now or Create a Schedule to specify when you want this job to run. If you are creating a schedule, enter a unique job name. |
7 | Set remaining Job Details and Options, then click Save: |
• | Each selected volume is backed up in a separate job. Jobs are queued at the time you specified and run as NDMP connections become available. |
• | If you created a schedule, the job is queued to run at the date and times you specified. |
• | If you chose Now, the job queues immediately. Click Active Jobs to view the running jobs. |
Note: To access newly added databases or storage groups, sync inventory before creating your job by clicking the Gear icon in the upper-right of the UI and selecting Inventory Sync.
1 | Select Jobs > Create Job > Backup. |
2 | Select Exchange in the What do you want to backup? list. |
3 | In the Inventory tree, expand the Exchange server and check boxes to select databases or storage groups to protect. |
To locate the asset by name, use the Search field below.
4 | Click Next. |
5 | Select Now or Create a Schedule to specify when you want this job to run. If you create a schedule, enter a unique job name. |
6 | Set remaining Job Details and Options as desired, then click Save: |
• | If you created a schedule, the job will run at the date and times you specified. |
• | If you chose Now, the job queues immediately. Click Active Jobs to view the running job. |
Note: To access newly added databases, sync inventory before creating your job by clicking the Gear icon in the upper-right of the UI and selecting Inventory Sync.
1 | Select Jobs > Create Job > Backup. |
2 | Select Oracle in the What do you want to backup? list. |
3 | In the Inventory tree, expand the Oracle server and check boxes to select databases to protect. |
To locate the asset by name, use the Search field below.
Note: If a Samba client is not installed, no databases will show as available for backup. The Oracle Dependency from the latest agent release must be installed to protect Oracle data.
4 | Click Next. |
5 | Select Now or Create a Schedule to specify when you want this job to run. If you create a schedule, enter a unique job name. |
6 | Set remaining Job Details and Options. |
Note: For Oracle on Linux. If you are running an incremental forever schedule, you must also exclude Oracle database directories from journal tracking. See KB 3358 for details.
7 | Click Save: |
• | If you created a schedule, the job runs at the date and times you specified. |
• | If you chose Now, the job queues immediately. Click Active Jobs to view the running job. |
Note: To access newly added databases, sync inventory before creating your job by clicking the Gear icon in the upper-right of the UI and selecting Inventory Sync.
1 | Select Jobs > Create Job > Backup. |
2 | Select SQL in the What do you want to backup? list. |
3 | In the Inventory tree, expand the SQL server and application, then check boxes to select databases to protect. |
• | To locate an asset by name, use the Search field below. |
• | To protect all databases, select the SQL application. |
4 | Click Next. |
5 | Select Now or Create a Schedule to specify when you want this job to run. If you create a schedule, enter a unique job name. |
6 | Set remaining Job Details and Options as desired, then click Save: |
• | If you created a schedule, the job runs at the date and times you specified. |
• | If you chose Now, the job queues immediately. Click Active Jobs to view the running job. |
Note: To access a newly installed or newly started SharePoint farm, sync inventory before creating your job by clicking the Gear icon in the upper-right of the UI and selecting Inventory Sync.
1 | Select Jobs > Create Job > Backup. |
2 | Select SharePoint in the What do you want to backup? list. |
3 | In the Inventory tree, expand the SharePoint server and check the box to select the farm to protect. |
To locate the asset by name, use the Search field below.
4 | Click Next. |
5 | Select Now or Create a Schedule to specify when you want this job to run. If you create a schedule, enter a unique job name. |
6 | Set remaining Job Details and Options. |
7 | Click Save: |
• | If you created a schedule, the job runs at the date and times you specified. |
• | If you chose Now, the job queues immediately. Click Active Jobs to view the running job. |
1 | Select Jobs > Create Job > Backup. |
2 | Select Cisco UCS in the What do you want to backup? list. |
3 | In the Inventory tree, click to select the UCS asset. |
4 | Click Next. |
5 | Select Now or Create a Schedule to specify when you want this job to run. If you create a schedule, enter a unique job name. |
6 | Set remaining Job Details and Options. |
7 | Click Save: |
• | If you created a schedule, the job runs at the date and times you specified. |
• | If you chose Now, the job queues immediately. Click Active Jobs to view the running job. |