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See the following pages to configure the backup properties file for each plugin.
For VMware snapshots as on-demand backups only, there is also a standalone plugin, see the following page.
Set Abiquo properties for backups
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- The cloud user should check that the selected backup time for a VM is set as UTC + offset.
- All disks will be backed up by Veeam, even if they have been deselected in the Abiquo VM backup configuration dialog
- Abiquo will allow users to create more than one backup per VM, but Veeam will allow only one backup. Therefore, only the most recent backup job is used
- The Snapshot on-demand functionality uses VMware Snapshots that are only valid if the original disk is available
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. Events from the backup system are incorporated into Abiquo and streamed by the outbound API.
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Operation | Networker Plugin | Veeam Plugin | Veeam+Snapshot Plugin | ESXi Snapshot Plugin |
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Configure schedules on deploy | X | X | X | |
Configure schedules on reconfigure | X | X | X | |
Deconfigure schedules on undeploy | X | X | X | |
Execute on demand backup | X |
| X - using VMware snapshots | X - using VMware snapshots |
Restore | X | X | X | |
List backup and restore results | X | X | X | |
Check expired results | X | X | X |
Constraints
The constraints for the backup actions are as follows.
Constraint | Networker Plugin | Veeam Plugin | Veeam+Snapshot Plugin | ESXi Snapshot Plugin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Reconfigure schedules in power on state | X | X | X | |
Restore a VM in power on state | X | X | ||
| Restore a VM when it is not allocated | X  | |||
| Instantly record results of Backup and Restore | X | X | X |
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