Control | Description |
Enable | Select to enable this feature. |
Snapshot Mount Category | Select from the drop-down menu the snapshot mount category: Weekly, Daily, or Hourly. Note: To successfully mount a snapshot, you must schedule a policy that includes a matching category. |
Proxy Hostname | From the drop-down list, select the hostname of the machine that will mount the cloned LUNs on the storage array to perform the backup the data. To add a new Proxy Hostname, click Add New. |
Proxy Host Storage Group | Specify the storage or initiator group for the snapshot (backup) host. This is the group that you defined on the backend storage array that grants access to the snapshot host. Once Core exposes a snapshot as a cloned LUN, it makes the cloned LUN available for reads and writes to the proxy host in the data center. This proxy may host the registered VMs in the case of VMware LUNs or may have the cloned LUN added as a mount point for NTFS LUNs. The backup software communicates with the proxy host to back up the data. Proxy Host Storage Group is different than a storage group in order to separate LUNs from cloned LUNs being used for snapshots. This way, the Core can only see and project live LUNs to the Edge. Caution: If you are using a Dell EqualLogic storage array, you must configure the snapshot access policy on the storage array itself to ensure access for the proxy host. For details about creating snapshots of LUNs using VMware vStorage APIs for Data Protection (VADP), see Protecting LUNs Using VMware vStorage APIs for Data Protection, at https://splash.riverbed.com/docs/DOC-3588. For details about creating snapshots of NTFS LUNs, see Protecting SteelFusion NTFS LUNs, at https://splash.riverbed.com/docs/DOC-4666. |
Data center Name (VMware clients only) | Optionally, specify a data center for VMware-based backups. |
Include VMs (VMware clients only) | Optionally, specify by regular expression the names of the VMs included in the snapshot to be included in the backup. For example: • To include VMs whose names begin with a specific prefix: ^2k3 • To include VMs whose names end with a specific suffix: ova1$ • To include VMs whose names start with a digit: ^\d • To include VMs with a specific name: 2k3vm_15g_ova1 • To include VMs whose names have a particular format: 2k3v._15g*.ova • To include VMs whose names have a particular format: 2k3v.*ova |
Exclude VMs (VMware clients only) | Optionally, specify by regular expression the names of the VMs included in the snapshot to be excluded from the backup. For example: • To exclude VMs whose names end with a specific suffix: ova1$ • To exclude VMs that have a specific name: 2k3vm_15g_ova1 |
Include ESXi Hosts (VMware clients only) | Optionally, specify by regular expression the ESXi hosts to be included. For example, to include an ESXi host with a specific name: dcESXi1c_backup |
Exclude ESXi Hosts (VMware clients only) | Optionally, specify by regular expression the ESXi hosts to be excluded. For example, to exclude an ESXi host whose name has a particular format: dcESXi1.*_backup |
Update Settings | Applies the modified settings. |
Reset Settings | Clears all proxy backup settings. |