Create HyperBack task

Select a managed client computer in [Client] view and select [Create Task] - [Backup] - [HyperBack] in right-click menu.

Source

• Task Name
  Specify the task name for deployment to the client.

• Select a virtual machine
  Select a virtual machine to back up. Click [Add Hypervisor] to launch the dialog and enter credentials to access the hypervisor. Clicking [+] button or double-clicking the host name displays a list of the virtual machines running on that host. The information of the hypervisor can be registered for use in ActiveVisor by selecting [Site Configuration] - [Hypervisor]. When a hypervisor is already registered, the host name will be listed. Clicking [+] button or double-clicking the host name displays a list of the virtual machines running on that host. If unchecking a checkbox for a disk, the remaining checked disks are selected as the backup source. The virtual machines on multiple hypervisors can be selected.

Once the connection is successfully established, a list of virtual machines will be displayed. Please select a virtual machine for recovery target. If connecting to VMware vCenter version 7 or later, FCDs will be indicated and available for backup.

• When the entire disks on the target virtual machine are selected, even when more disks are added or removed, the entire disks are selected as the backup source.

• When even one checkbox is unchecked, only the selected disks will be backed up.

• Virtual machines configured on multiple hypervisors can be selected.

• You cannot select a virtual machine and an FCD at the same time.

• Only Full Backup supports FCD.

When enabling [Including virtual machines that will be created later], any new virtual machines added to the hypervisor on which the backup source virtual machines is configured will automatically be included in the backup source. This option behaves as follows:

• When enabling this option, no additional virtual machine can be selected. This option can be enabled only after selecting backup source virtual machines.

• This option is not available when FCD is selected as the backup source.

• Additional evaluation will be performed based on the state at the time of the last task execution.

• When the task is created by adding a new virtual machine, the settings are configured the same as the original task.

• When a new virtual machine is detected with [Create multiple virtual machines images file] option enabled, base backup is created.

Virtual standby replicas created with vStandby, standby VMs created with HyperStandby, and virtual machines moved from other hypervisors as result of failover clustering or vMotion can be added to backup source.

When using Server Edition, please select the backup source virtual machines within the number of valid licenses allocated to the product key. When selecting backup source virtual machines exceeding the number of valid licenses, you need to deactivate the required number of the activated backup tasks. When enabling [Including virtual machines that will be created later], please be aware that a license is consumed whenever a new virtual machine is added to the source hypervisor.

Hyper-V 2012/2012 R2 check-pointing does not work with the VSS Writer on the respective virtual machines. If using a domain controller, SQL Server, Exchange, Oracle or non-VSS-savvy database on the virtual machine, please install ActiveImage Protector and regularly take agent-based backups.

FCD can connect to VMware vCenter version 7 or later and back up the items created on VMware vSphere ESXi version 7 or later.

After completing the setting configuration, click [Next >].

Destination

Specify the destination to save the backup images and configure the settings.

• Destination Folder Click [Select Folder] and browse the location to save the created backup images. Enabling the [Create Sub-folder] option creates a sub-folder in ‘＜hypervisor name＞_ ＜ virtual machine name＞_ ＜task name＞’ format to save the created backup images.

• Comments
  Define comments for backup image files.

• Destination Isolation Option
  Disconnects access to backup image storage drives after backups complete rendering the specified destination storage inaccessible. Upon completion of the backup task, the specified destination storage becomes inaccessible.

• RDX data cartridge eject setting
  When enabling [RDX data cartridge eject setting] in [Preference] - [General], the following are displayed instead of Destination Isolation option.

  • Weekly : The cartridge is ejected for the last incremental backup task scheduled on the specified day(s) of a week.

  • Daily : The cartridge is ejected at a specified time after full or incremental backup. When the time comes to eject the cartridge during backup process, ejection of the cartridge is suspended.

  • When backup task completes : The cartridge is ejected after a full or incremental backup completes.

  • Not Eject: Do no eject the cartridge.

Configuring the settings for backup tasks and creation of image files.

• Compression
  Enabling the compression option reduces storage requirements by further compacting the backup image file. Select the desired level of compression.

  • Deduplication Compression level: Select one of the three levels of deduplication available.

    • Level 1 - Deduplication is performed at the highest level and may increase the overall backup processing time but achieves the most tightly compressed image file.

    • Level 2 - This preset level provides the best balance between process time and compression performance. (Default setting).

    • Level 3 - The image file will be generated at a lower compression rate and deduplication requires less backup processing time.

      Change temporary file folder: Click this link to change the location for deduplication to process temporary files.

      The maximum size of the temporary folder will be 2.5% of the used space of backup source.

      You are recommended to specify a folder on SSD that delivers fast read and write speeds.

  • Standard Compression: Two levels of standard compression are available.

    • Fast - Backup processing time and storage requirements are at an optimum.

    • High - The backup task will place a higher demand on system resource usage and an increase in processing time but the result is a smaller backup image.

• Password Protection Password protect the backup image file by assigning a unique password. This ensures that password input is required for operation with the image file. There are three levels of encryption to choose from.

  • RC5：An early encryption standard with a variable block size, key size and number of rounds. Selecting RC5 encryption provides a faster encryption processing speed.

  • AES 128 bit / AES 256 bit：A stronger encryption method than RC5. Uses a fixed block size and a key size of 128 or 256 bits.

Advanced Backup Settings

Configure the advanced settings by enabling the following options.

• General

  • Split image into xx MB files
    The backup is split into multiple backups of the specified size (MB).

  • Ignore bad sectors
    By enabling this option, the backup task will continue uninterrupted if encountering unreadable sectors.

  • Use network write caching
    When storing image files in network shared folder, cached data are used.

  • Use Network Throttle
    If the destination drive is on a network share, use network throttle to define the maximum throughput in KB/second to reduce backup traffic over the network.

  • Create an MD5 file for image
    Creates an MD5 check-sum for the image file. This can be used as a security measure to check if internal tampering of the image file has occurred.

  • Backup Clients xx hour
    Time-out occurs to cancel the backup task if the backup process does not complete within the specified time.

Scripts can be set to run before and / or after snapshots are taken for a virtual machine.

• Virtual Machine
  Select a virtual machine to run the script.

• IP Address Enter the IP address assigned to the virtual machine.

• User Name / Password / Domain
  Enter the account information to log in the virtual machine.

• Make Linux backup image files P2V ready Performs the same process as required for Virtualization during backup of the virtual machines of the following Linux distributions:

  • CentOS 5.x or later

  • RHEL 5.x or later

  • Oracle Linux 5.x or later

  • SLES 11 SP3 or later

  • OpenSuse 12.1 or later

  Before Virtualization, please enable SSH on the source Linux OS and configure the firewall to open port 22. The Virtualization process includes HyperRecover process for restoring the virtual machine from ESXi to Hyper-V and HyperStandby process for booting up the virtual machine.

• Script to Execute Before backup Specify a script to run before the snapshot is taken. Enabling time-out option cancels the script execution if the process does not complete within the specified time.

• Script to execute after image creation succeeds Specify a script to run after the snapshot is taken. Enabling time-out option cancels the script execution if the process does not complete within the specified time.

Depending on the number of backup source virtual machines, click [Add settings].

After configuring the settings, click [Next].

Option

Please configure the option settings for scheduled backup tasks.

• Enable Retention Policy
  Check this box to enable a retention policy as to how many sets of full and / or incremental backup files to retain before deletion. Enabling [Delete older image before new base backup] option deletes the most obsolete generation before creating a new image set.

  • Delete both full and incremental - Selecting this option to delete both full and incremental files based on the retention policy settings.

  • Delete Only the Incremental - Selecting this option retains full backup and deletes only the incremental files based on the retention policy.

• Send Email
  Check this box to send email informing you of a task completed with a specified status. Predefine the email notification settings by selecting [Preferences] - [Notification] from the menu bar on the client computer. Enabling [Send E-Mail from ActiveVisor] option sends email notifications from ActiveVisor.

• Execution Priority
  Select a level of task execution priority.

After configuring the above settings, click [Next].

Schedule

Configure the settings for a backup schedule by enabling one or more schedule types.

• Base
  Select a schedule type from the drop-down box. The schedule options are [Weekly], [Monthly], [Not Specific]. Uncheck the checkbox to disable the schedule instead of deleting. Click [Add New Base] to create an additional schedule. Delete any unnecessary schedule types by emptying the recycle bin.

• Incremental
  Select a schedule type from the drop-down box. The schedule options are [Weekly], [Monthly] and [Not Specific]. Uncheck the box to disable the schedule instead of deleting. The following options may be selected for incremental backup tasks:

  • Multi-times：Please specify the time slot of the day and interval to run recurring backup tasks. Without specifying [End Time], the recurring task execution continues until the specified time of the following day.

  • One time only：Specify the execution time.

  Click [Add New Incremental] to create an additional schedule. Delete any unnecessary schedule types by emptying the recycle bin.

After configuring the above settings, click [Next].

Summary

Review the configured settings in Summary dialog.

Review the configured settings and click [Save to Client] to save the configured settings in the template.

Edit Task

You can edit the task from the following.