Add a Hyper-V Provider
Providers are servers that host objects and attributes. Once a provider is registered, an inventory of the provider is captured and added to IBM Spectrum Protect Plus, enabling you to perform backup and restore jobs, as well as run reports.
CONSIDERATIONS:
- Hyper-V servers can be registered using a DNS name or IP address. DNS names must be resolvable by IBM Spectrum Protect Plus. If the Hyper-V server is part of a cluster, all nodes in the cluster must be resolvable via DNS. If DNS is not available, the server must be added to the /etc/hosts file on the IBM Spectrum Protect Plus appliance via command line. If more than one Hyper-V server is set up in a cluster environment, all of the servers must be added to /etc/hosts. When registering the cluster in IBM Spectrum Protect Plus, register the Failover Cluster Manager.
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All Hyper-V servers, including cluster nodes, must have the Microsoft iSCSI initiator Service running in their Services list. Set the service to Automatic so that it is available when the machine boots.
- Add the user to the local administrator group on the Hyper-V server.
- For non-SSL connections, you must perform additional steps on the Hyper-V server. See Enable WinRM for Non-SSL Enabled Connections to Hyper-V Hosts.
To register a Hyper-V provider:
- From the navigation menu, expand Manage Protection, then expand Hypervisors. Expand Hyper-V, then click Backup.
- Click Manage Hyper-V Server.
- Click Add Hyper-V Server. The Server Properties pane opens.
- Populate the fields in the Server Properties pane:
- Hostname/IP
- Enter the resolvable IP address or a resolvable path and machine name.
- Use existing user
- Enable to select a previously entered username and password for the provider.
- Username
- Enter your username for the provider.
- Password
- Enter your password for the provider.
- Port
- Enter the communications port of the provider you are adding. The typical default port is 5985.
- Select the Use SSL check box to enable an encrypted Secure Socket Layer connection. To enable an SLL connection you must add a certificate of the Hyper-V server or the CA certificate used to certificates to Hyper-V servers. Certificates can be imported to the IBM Spectrum Protect Plus appliance through the Administrative Console. See Upload an SSL Certificate.
- Expand Options
to configure additional options:
- Maximum number of VM's to process concurrently per Hyper-V server
- Set the maximum number of concurrent virtual machine snapshots to process on the Hyper-V server.
- Click Save. IBM Spectrum Protect Plus confirms a network connection, adds the provider to the database, then catalogs the provider.
If a message appears indicating that the connection is unsuccessful, review your entries. If your entries are correct and the connection is unsuccessful, contact a system administrator to review the connections.
To troubleshoot a connection to a hypervisor virtual machine, use the Test function. The Test function verifies communication with the virtual machine and tests DNS settings between the IBM Spectrum Protect Plus appliance and the virtual machine. To test a connection, select a single virtual machine, then click Select Options. Select Use existing user and select a previously entered username and password for the resource. A new Test button appears to the right of the Save button at the bottom of the Options section. Click Test.
Providers are automatically cataloged after registration. IBM Spectrum Protect Plus creates a high-level Inventory job and catalogs the objects on the provider. To manually run an Inventory job, click Run Inventory from the Backup pane.
NEXT STEPS:
- Assign user permissions to the hypervisor. See Access.
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