Versions Compared

Key

  • This line was added.
  • This line was removed.
  • Formatting was changed.
Comment: 4.6.1 - fix - Dell EMC Networker backup plugin

...

Abiquo backup plugins support the following backup systems:

  • Veeam
  • Avamar
  • Networker

The Abiquo integration with both of these systems supports Complete backups only.

...

  1. Set up Veeam for Abiquo backup plugin
  2. Configure Abiquo Veeam Backup Plugin properties 
  3. In the Abiquo UI
    1. Configure backup policies in Infrastructure view: Backup
    2. Allow tenants to work with backup policies: Manage Enterprises in the Allowed datacenters section
    3. Users configure backups on VMs: VM backups

...

Configure backup plugins

There are two new properties to configure the backup plugin and load the configuration files for each backup system.

...

Code Block
abiquo.backup.avamar.config.path=/opt/abiquo/config/avamar.properties
abiquo.backup.veeam.config.path=/opt/abiquo/config/veeam.properties
abiquo.backup.networker.config.path=/opt/abiquo/config/networker.properties

For details of these configuration files, see see:

...

...

Technical details

When the user deploys, reconfigures or undeploys a VM, Abiquo will include a new job called BACKUP_SCHEDULE in that task. If the job fails because Abiquo cannot schedule the backup, then the VM operation will roll back. As before events from the backup system are incorporated into Abiquo and streamed by the outbound API. 

...

In the initial version, the supported configurations for the plugins are as follows.

Operation

Networker Plugin

Avamar Plugin

Veeam Plugin

Configure schedules on deploy


X

X

Configure schedules on reconfigure


X

X

Deconfigure schedules on undeploy


X

X

Execute on demand backup

X

X

 

Restore

X

X

X

List backup and restore results

X

X

X

Check expired results

X

X

X


The constraints for the backup actions are as follows.

Constraint

Networker Plugin

Avamar Plugin

Veeam Plugin

Reconfigure schedules in power on state


X

X

Restore a VM in power on state


 

X

Restore a VM when it is not allocated
X
Instantly record results of Backup and Restore
XX