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Configure Networker

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Design your backup system with sites, which can be two sites, or dual/stretched sites
For each site make a list of the hypervisor names (in Abiquo), e.g. esxi1.example.com, esxi2.example.com
Create one policy with two multiple workflows – one workflow for each site using backup (with or without replication/clone action)

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Log in to the Abiquo Remote Services server.
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.
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=

# Optional port of the vCenter used with the Networker backup tool 
# Reloadable property
#abiquo.networker.vcenter.port=443


# Define storage of results for the site in Abiquo
# Reloadable property
abiquo.networker.siteA=
abiquo.networker.siteB=
abiquo.networker.siteC=
abiquo.networker.siteD=


# 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=


# List of hosts for dual / stretched sites; used in the same way as properties for site A and site B
# Reloadable properties
abiquo.networker.siteC.hosts=
abiquo.networker.siteD.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=



# Workflow within a policy to back up to replication of dual / stretched sites; used in the same way as properties for site A and site B
# Reloadable properties
abiquo.networker.backup.workflow.replicationC=
abiquo.networker.backup.workflow.replicationD= 



# Optional timeouts for client to connect, read, and write with networker API, with default of 10 seconds. To disable a timeout, set the value to 0 
# Reloadable properties
#abiquo.networker.client.timeout.connectionms=10000
#abiquo.networker.client.timeout.readms=10000
#abiquo.networker.client.timeout.writems=10000



# 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
# Reloadable property
#abiquo.networker.client.debuglog=false


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




# Optional results safety range time value
# Reloadable property
#abiquo.networker.results.safetyrange.amount=15


# Optional results safety range time unit
# Reloadable property
#abiquo.networker.results.safetyrange.chronounit=minutes


# Optional character to split users for backup system and vCenter (to restore undeployed VMs)
# Reloadable property
#abiquo.networker.credentials.splitter.user=#


# Optional character to split passwords for backup system and vCenter (to restore undeployed VMs)
# Reloadable property
#abiquo.networker.credentials.splitter.pass=#

Configure Abiquo Properties

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

Log in to the Abiquo Remote Services server
Edit the abiquo.properties file.
Set the path to the plugin properties file using the following property.

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Table of plugin properties

Name		Default value	Required	Type

Default value

Reloadable
abiquo.networker.backup.ondemand.policy

true

Policy name for on-demand backups without replication

String

true


abiquo.networker.backup.ondemand.policy.replication	Policy Name for on-demand backups with replication

true

String

true

abiquo.networker.backup.workflow.replicationA

true

Workflow within a policy to back up to for replication of site A

String

true

abiquo.networker.backup.workflow.replicationB

true

	Workflow within a policy to back up to for replication of site B	String
abiquo.networker.backup.workflow.replicationC	Workflow within a policy to back up to for replication of site C	String
abiquo.networker.backup.workflow.replicationD	Workflow within a policy to back up to for replication of site D	String

true

abiquo.networker.cache.expire.duration

falsefalse

Duration to store cache of Networker data

Long

abiquo.networker.cache.expire.timeunit

false

Time unit for duration to store cache of Networker data

minutes

TimeUnit

minutes

false

abiquo.networker.client.debuglog

If true, log debug information for Networker client

false

Boolean

falsefalsefalse


abiquo.networker.client.timeout.connectionms	Optional timeouts for client to connect to networker API, with default of 10 seconds. To disable the timeout, set the value to 0	10000	Long
abiquo.networker.client.timeout.readms	Optional timeouts for client to read from networker API, with default of 10 seconds. To disable the timeout, set the value to 0	10000	Long
abiquo.networker.client.timeout.writems	Optional timeouts for client to write to networker API, with default of 10 seconds. To disable the timeout, set the value to 0	10000	Long
abiquo.networker.client.tracker.interval

falseLong1

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

false

Fail on-demand backup and restore operations after no response in the configured time unit

Long

false

abiquo.networker.client.tracker.timeunit

false

Time unit for tracking on-demand backup and restore operations

minutes

TimeUnit

minutes

falsefalse

abiquo.networker.client.verifyssl

If true, verify SSL for Networker client

false

Boolean

false

abiquo.networker.config.reload.period

falsefalse

Period for reloading the properties that are reloadable to avoid tomcat restarts

Long

abiquo.networker.config.reload.timeunit

false

Time unit for period for reloading properties that are reloadable to avoid tomcat restarts

minutes

TimeUnit

minutes

false

abiquo.networker.credentials.splitter.pass

false

Optional character to split passwords for backup system and vCenter (to restore undeployed VMs)

String

true

abiquo.networker.credentials.splitter.user

false

Optional character to split users for backup system and vCenter (to restore undeployed VMs)

String

true

abiquo.networker.results.safetyrange.amount

falsetrue

Optional results safety range time value

Long

abiquo.networker.results.safetyrange.chronounit

falseChronoUnitminutestrue

	Optional results safety range time unit	minutes	ChronoUnit
abiquo.networker.siteA	Define storage of results for the site in Abiquo		String
abiquo.networker.siteA

(beta)trueStringtrue

.hosts	List of hosts to define site A, separated by commas. Enter the machine names of the hypervisors (for example, "esxi1.example.com,esxi2.example.com") that contain the VMs to back up.	List
abiquo.networker.siteB	Define storage of results for the site in Abiquo	String
abiquo.networker.

siteAabiquo.networker.siteB (beta)trueStringtrue

siteB.hosts

trueListtrue

List of hosts to define site B, separated by commas. Enter the machine names of the hypervisors (for example, "esxi3.example.com,esxi4.example.com") that contain the VMs to back up.		List
abiquo.networker.siteC	Define storage of results for the site in Abiquo		String
abiquo.networker.siteC.hosts	List of hosts to define site C, separated by commas. Enter the machine names of the hypervisors (for example, "esxi5.example.com,esxi6.example.com") that contain the VMs to back up.		List
abiquo.networker.siteD	Define storage of results for the site in Abiquo		String
abiquo.networker.

siteB

siteD.hosts

true

List of hosts to define site D, separated by commas. Enter the machine names of the hypervisors (for example, "esxi7.example.com,esxi8.example.com") that contain the VMs to back up.

List

true

abiquo.networker.vcenter.hostname

true

Host name of the vCenter used with the Networker backup tool

String

false


abiquo.networker.vcenter.port	Optional port

falsetrue

of the vCenter used with the Networker backup tool

443

integer

443

Description of plugin properties

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