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Backup Destinations
A backup destination is a storage location where vProtect keeps VMs, Containers, Cloud and applications backup copies. To configure a backup destination, you can use the following storage types:
The backup destination is defined by the backup provider configuration and retention settings. Each policy can be backed up to the selected backup destination. Backup destinations must be assigned to the nodes in the node configuration.
Note: removal of any backup destination leaves data in the backup provider without option to re-attach it in the future.
Retention
vProtect handles retention for all backup destinations except NetBackup. There are 4 properties that define how long backup should be kept in the backup destination:
Retention (Full) - no. of versions to keep- number of full backupsRetention (Inc.) - no. of versions to keep- number of incremental backupsRetention (Full) - no. of days to keep- number of days to keep a full backupRetention (Inc.) - no. of days to keep- number of days to keep an incremental backup
Whichever condition is met first (either number of versions has been reached or the backup is older than the given limit), it is removed from the backup destination.
Each backup destination also needs a unique
Name for easier identification in the configuration.Pre/post access command execution
- Prepare your scripts
- the pre-script is invoked before every access to the Backup Destination - common usage - create and mount the remote volume
- the post-script is executed after Node finishes store, restore and clean-up operations
- The following environment variables are set before each execution - you can use them later in your scripts:
VP_VM_GUID- GUID of the VM in vProtectVP_VM_UUID- UUID of the VM used by the hypervisor or hypervisor managerVP_VM_NAME- name of the VMVP_VM_TMP_DIR- path to the folder containing files in stagingVP_BD_GUID- GUID of the Backup Destination being accessedVP_BD_NAME- name of the Backup Destination being accessedVP_CONTAINER_NAME- standard container name generated by vProtect that can be used for names of the volumes (format<VM-NAME>__<PART-OF-UUID>, i.e.Centos 7__8d3ef6f1, may contain special characters)VP_EXPORT_PATH- an export path from Node Configuration, can be used as the mount root for backup destination volumesVP_TASK_TYPE- name of the task type, e.g.:STORE/RESTORE/DELETE_VM/OLD_BACKUPS_REMOVAL- to distinguish operation type when scripts are being invoked
- Upload your scripts to the node, where the
vprotectuser is able to access them - Optionally, you may need to add a new file in the
/etc/sudoers.d/directory to enable thevprotectuser to execute privileged script (like chown operations in some file system locations):%vprotect ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: /opt/vprotect/scripts/myscripts/privileged.sh - Open the "BACKUP DESTINATIONS" section from the left menu:
- Open your Backup Destination (click on the name)
- Provide pre/post access command arguments (first argument is the command executed locally on the node):
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