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  1. Log in to the Abiquo Remote Services server. 
  2. Go to the /opt/abiquo/config folder and create a networker.properties file. This is the default location, but you can configure your own file as required.
  3. Enter the properties as described here. Default values are set and optional properties are commented out with a hash mark "#".

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# Host name of the vCenter used with the Networker backup tool
abiquo.networker.vcenter.hostname=

# List of hosts to define site A (which is the group of VMs on these hypervisors to back up), separated by commas.
# Enter hypervisor machine names, for example, "esxi1,example.com,esxi2.example.com".
# Reloadable property
abiquo.networker.siteA.hosts=

# List of hosts to define site B (which is the group of VMs on these hypervisors to back up), separated by commas.
# Enter hypervisor machine names, for example, "esxi3,example.com,esxi4.example.com".
# Reloadable property
abiquo.networker.siteB.hosts=



# Policy Name for on-demand backups without replication. 
# Reloadable property
abiquo.networker.backup.ondemand.policy=

# Policy Name for on-demand backups with replication. 
# Reloadable property
abiquo.networker.backup.ondemand.policy.replication=


# Workflow within a policy to back up to for replication of site A. 
# Reloadable property
abiquo.networker.backup.workflow.replicationA=

# Workflow within a policy to back up to for replication of site B. 
# Reloadable property
abiquo.networker.backup.workflow.replicationB=


# Track on-demand backup and restore operations at this interval
# in the configured time unit
#abiquo.networker.client.tracker.interval=1

# Fail on-demand backup and restore operations after no response
# in the configured time unit
#abiquo.networker.client.tracker.timeout=30

# Time unit for tracking on-demand backup and restore operations
#abiquo.networker.client.tracker.timeunit=minutes


# Duration to store cache of Networker data
#abiquo.networker.cache.expire.duration=90

# Time unit for duration to store cache of Networker data
#abiquo.networker.cache.expire.duration=minutes


# Period for reloading the properties that are reloadable to avoid tomcat restarts
#abiquo.networker.config.reload.period=60

# Time unit for period for reloading properties that are reloadable to avoid
# tomcat restarts
#abiquo.networker.config.reload.timeunit=minutes


# If true, log debug information for Networker client
#abiquo.networker.client.debuglog=false


# If true, verify SSL for Networker client
#abiquo.netwoker.client.verifyssl=false

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Configure Abiquo Properties

To activate the Networker plugin and define the location of the configuration file:

  1. Log in to the Abiquo Remote Services server

  2. Edit the abiquo.properties file. 
  3. Set the path to the plugin properties file using the following property.
     

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