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For more details, see individual plugin configuration pages and the #Functionality and #Constraints sections below.
Licenses
- Each backup integration and version has a separate plugin that requires a separate license
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- Configure Abiquo Veeam Backup PluginPlus optional
- Configure Snapshots for Abiquo Veeam Backup PluginConfigure Dell EMC Networker backup plugin
- Configure Rubrik backup plugin
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Set Abiquo properties for backups
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In the current version, the supported functionality for the backup plugins is as follows.
Operation | Networker | Rubrik | VeeamVeeam | +SnapshotESXi Snapshot | ||
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Configure schedules on deploy | XX | X | ||||
Configure schedules on reconfigure | XX | X | X | |||
Deconfigure schedules on undeploy | XX | X | X | |||
Execute on demand backup | X | X |
| X - using VMware snapshots | X - using VMware snapshots||
Restore | X | X | X | X | ||
List backup and restore results | X | X | X | X | ||
Check expired results | XX | X | X |
Constraints
The constraints for the backup plugin actions are as follows.
Constraint | Networker | Rubrik | Veeam | Veeam+Snapshot | ESXi Snapshot |
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Reconfigure schedules in power on state | X | X | X | X | |
Restore a VM in power on state | XX | X | |||
| Restore a VM when it is not allocated | X  | ||||
| Instantly record results of Backup and RestoreX | X | X | X |
= requires vCenter credentials; add to Backup manager credentials with separator
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The Abiquo backup plugin searches the current jobs in Veeam Backup and Replication and checks if any of these jobs have the same granularity as the new VM backup. If so, the new VM is added to a current job. Otherwise one of the dummy jobs is cloned to create a new job and the new VM is added to this job. When the user changes their VM backup settings, the Abiquo backup plugin will remove the VM from one job and add it to another, or create a new job as necessary. Although Abiquo will allow users to create more than one backup per VM, Veeam will allow only one backup. Therefore, the most recent backup job is used.
Deprecated backup plugins
- Veeam plus optional Configure Snapshots for Abiquo Veeam Backup Plugin
- For VMware snapshots as on-demand backups only, there is also a standalone plugin, see /wiki/spaces/doc/pages/311378137