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Requirements

  • When you create the Backup manager in Abiquo to configure the endpoint and credentials of the Networker system, you must enter Networker credentials and vCenter credentials

Configure Networker

To configure networker, do the following steps:

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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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Name
Default valueRequiredTypeReloadable
abiquo.networker.backup.ondemand.policyPolicy name for on-demand backups without replication
(tick)String(tick)
abiquo.networker.backup.ondemand.policy.replicationPolicy Name for on-demand backups with replication
(tick)String(tick)
abiquo.networker.backup.workflow.replicationAWorkflow within a policy to back up to for replication of site A
(tick)String(tick)
abiquo.networker.backup.workflow.replicationBWorkflow within a policy to back up to for replication of site B
(tick)String(tick)
abiquo.networker.backup.workflow.replicationCWorkflow within a policy to back up to for replication of site C
(tick)String(tick)
abiquo.networker.backup.workflow.replicationDWorkflow within a policy to back up to for replication of site D
(tick)String(tick)
abiquo.networker.cache.expire.durationDuration to store cache of Networker data90(error)Long(error)
abiquo.networker.cache.expire.timeunitTime unit for duration to store cache of Networker dataminutes(error)TimeUnit(error)
abiquo.networker.client.debuglogIf true, log debug information for Networker clientfalse(error)Boolean(tick)
abiquo.networker.client.timeout.connectionmsOptional timeouts for client to connect to networker API, with default of 10 seconds. To disable the timeout, set the value to 010000(error)Long(tick)
abiquo.networker.client.timeout.readmsOptional timeouts for client to read from networker API, with default of 10 seconds. To disable the timeout, set the value to 010000(error)Long(tick)
abiquo.networker.client.timeout.writemsOptional timeouts for client to write to networker API, with default of 10 seconds. To disable the timeout, set the value to 010000(error)Long(tick)
abiquo.networker.client.tracker.interval

Track on-demand backup and restore operations at this interval
in the configured time unit

1(error)Long(error)
abiquo.networker.client.tracker.timeout

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

30(error)Long(error)
abiquo.networker.client.tracker.timeunitTime unit for tracking on-demand backup and restore operationsminutes(error)TimeUnit(error)
abiquo.networker.client.verifysslIf true, verify SSL for Networker clientfalse(error)Boolean(error)
abiquo.networker.config.reload.period

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

60(error)Long(error)
abiquo.networker.config.reload.timeunit

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

minutes(error)TimeUnit(error)
abiquo.networker.credentials.splitter.passOptional character to split passwords for backup system and vCenter (to restore undeployed VMs)#(error)String(tick)
abiquo.networker.credentials.splitter.user

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

#(error)String(tick)
abiquo.networker.results.safetyrange.amountOptional results safety range time value15(error)Long(tick)
abiquo.networker.results.safetyrange.chronounitOptional results safety range time unitminutes(error)ChronoUnit(tick)
abiquo.networker.siteADefine storage of results for the site in Abiquo
(tick)String(tick)
abiquo.networker.siteA.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. Or if you are using vCenter clusters as physical machines, enter the vCenter cluster name (for example, "vCenter-cluster1.example.com-domain-c1").


(tick)List(tick)
abiquo.networker.siteBDefine storage of results for the site in Abiquo
(tick)String(tick)
abiquo.networker.siteB.hosts

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. Or if you are using vCenter clusters as physical machines, enter the vCenter cluster name (for example, "vCenter-cluster2.example.com-domain-c2").


(tick)List(tick)
abiquo.networker.siteCDefine storage of results for the site in Abiquo
(tick)String(tick)
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. Or if you are using vCenter clusters as physical machines, enter the vCenter cluster name (for example, "vCenter-cluster3.example.com-domain-c3").


(tick)List(tick)
abiquo.networker.siteDDefine storage of results for the site in Abiquo
(tick)String(tick)
abiquo.networker.siteD.hosts

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. Or if you are using vCenter clusters as physical machines, enter the vCenter cluster name (for example, "vCenter-cluster4.example.com-domain-c4").


(tick)List(tick)
abiquo.networker.vcenter.hostnameHost name of the vCenter used with the Networker backup tool
(tick)String(error)
abiquo.networker.vcenter.portOptional port of the vCenter used with the Networker backup tool
443(error)integer(tick)

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