Job Source Options for Agentless VMware Backup

Catalogic DPX offers a variety of job options for Agentless VMware backup. All of them are available from both interfaces, but the access thereto may differ. See details for each interface below.

Web interface

In the web interface, backup source job options are defined in the Advanced Options section. To access them, do the following:

1. Go to Job Manager in the sidebar.

2. Open an already existing backup job. Or create a new VMware backup job, by clicking the New Backup Job button in the upper right corner and then selecting Backup Type VMware.

3. Go to the Advanced Options section at the bottom (scroll down if necessary) and expand it. Click any of the following section headers to expand it. Each field and the available choices are explained below.

Report Job Failed if VM/VMDK is Skipped toggle

This option specifies how the job status is reported in cases where unsupported VMs or VMDKs are skipped.

Toggle on	Backup job is reported as failed if a VM or VMDK is skipped because it is not supported.
Toggle off	Backup job succeeds with warning messages if unsupported VMs or VMDKs are encountered.

Use SSL Encryption toggle

Use this option to configure the SSL encryption.

Toggle on	DPX reads data from the ESX server using SSL encryption. Data written to secondary storage is not encrypted.
Toggle off	DPX does not read data from the VMware ESXi server using SSL encryption.

Quiesce VM file system and applications toggle

Use this option to quiesce VMs during the backup job.

Toggle on	DPX quiesces the file system and applications on the source VM.
Toggle off	DPX backs up the VM while it is running.

Include VMs with a DPX client installed toggle

Use this option to include VMs that have the Catalogic DPX Client.

Toggle on	DPX performs an agentless backup of VMs that contain a DPX client installation.
Toggle off	DPX skips VMs that have the Catalogic DPX Client.

Desktop interface

To access the job source options for Agentless VMware backup, do the following:

1. Go to the Backup tab.

2. In the Backup Modes section, select Agentless VMware.

3. Open an already existing backup job by selecting Open Backup Job in the Job Tasks section. Or go directly to step 4 to set source options for the new job you will be defining directly afterward.

4. Go to the Other Tasks section in the task panel (scroll down if necessary) and select Set Source Options. The Set Job Source Options dialog will appear.

The Source Options tab

Report Job Failed if VM/VMDK is Skipped

This option specifies how the job status is reported in cases where unsupported VMs or VMDKs are skipped.

Yes	Backup job is reported as failed if a VM or VMDK is skipped because it is not supported.
No	Backup job succeeds with warning messages if unsupported VMs or VMDKs are encountered.

Use SSL EncryptionUse this option to configure the SSL encryption.

Yes	DPX reads data from the ESX server using SSL encryption. Data written to secondary storage is not encrypted.
No	DPX does not read data from the VMware ESXi server using SSL encryption.

Quiesce VM file system and applications

Use this option to quiesce VMs during the backup job.

Yes	DPX quiesces the file system and applications on the source VM.
No	DPX backs up the VM while it is running.

Include VMs with a DPX client installed

Use this option to include VMs that have the Catalogic DPX Client.

Yes	DPX performs an agentless backup of VMs that contain a DPX client installation.
No	DPX skips VMs that have the Catalogic DPX Client.

The Script Options tab

Pre-Job Script

Enter the name of a script to execute prior to the actual job.

Basic usage: <script>@<node_name> <argument_list>

If Pre-Script fails

The action be taken if the Pre-Job Script fails to successfully complete:

• Run Job/Run Post-Job Script

• Skip Job/Run Post-Job Script

• Skip Job/Skip Post-Job Script

If Job fails

The action to be taken if the Job fails to successfully complete:

• Run Post-Job Script

• Skip Post-Job Script

Post-Job Script

Enter the name of a script to execute after the actual job.

Basic usage: <script>@<node_name> <argument_list>

See also. For detailed information about pre- and post-job scripts, including all valid definitions, see Pre-Scripts and Post-Scripts.

Running the Agentless VMware Backup Job

You can save the Agentless VMware Backup job configurations, reuse and run the saved backup jobs.