›  Backup & Disaster Recovery  ›  Appliance Management Console  ›  Clients tab  ›  VMware subtab

VMware subtab

On this page

Overview

The VMware subtab allows viewing and managing the VMware connections established with the Backup & Disaster Recovery appliance, as well as the virtual machines (VMs) available via those connections.

For more information about backup and restore of the VMware VMs, see the VMware backup and restore guide.

VMware subtab

Information on the subtab is presented in the table format with the following columns:

Column Description Notes
Status Current (last known) status of the VM  
Name Name of the VM  
Connection ID GUID of the VM connection Hidden by default
Host IP address and domain name of the VM host  
Host Version Version info of the VM host Hidden by default
Host vStorage Indication if the VM host is licensed to access the vStorage APIs Hidden by default
Size Size of data associated with the VM  
Guest OS Operating system running on the VM Hidden by default
Action Current backup or restore operation, if any, performed with the VM  
Progress Status of the current backup or restore operation, if any, performed with the VM  
Client Name of the client associated with the VM  
Schedule Backup schedule set for the VM  
Template Indication if the VM is a template Hidden by default
Datastore Storage area set for and used by the VM configuration file  
VMware Tools Version info of the VMware Tools of the VM Hidden by default
Allow CBT Indication if the Changed Block Tracking (CBT) is turned on for the VM client  
Has Snapshots Indication if the VM has any snapshots Hidden by default
Registered Indication if the VM is registered with appliance Hidden by default
Directory Full path to the VM directory Hidden by default
UUID Unique identifier of the VM Hidden by default
Instance UUID Unique identifier used by vCenter to track the VM across hosts Hidden by default
HW Version VM hardware version Hidden by default

Actions

All actions on the subtab are available:

  • on the toolbar

    Actions toolbar

  • in the VM context menu

    Context menu

Action Description
Basic  
Add Connections Add a VMware connection to appliance
View Connections View and manage the VMware connections on appliance
Register Register a VM with appliance for backup
Unregister Unregister a VM from appliance
Edit Edit client configuration of a VM
Manual Backup Instantly start backup of a VM
Browse and Restore Restore files and folders from a VM backup
Restore Restore a VM
Advanced  
Remove All Snapshots Delete all snapshots of a VM
Enable Migration of VM on vCenter Turn on the migration option for the VM
Run Stun-Unstun Cycle Pause and resume execution of the VM
Reset CBT Reset CBT for a VM
Download CSV Export and save the data shown in the table (only in visible columns) to a CSV file
Properties View properties of a VM

Show or hide data

You can select what data to show on the subtab. For this, click More (More icon) next to a column name, hover over Columns, and then select or clear the columns you want to show or hide.

Show or hide data

Sort data

You can sort data in the table in ascending or descending order by the values in the specific column. For this, click the name of the corresponding column, or click More (More icon) next to a column name, and then select Sort Ascending or Sort Descending.

Sort data

Filter data

You can filter data in the table by:

  • current (last known) status of the VM (Status),

  • name of the VM (Name),

  • IP address and domain name of the VM host (Host),

  • storage area set for and used by the VM configuration file (Datastore),

  • version of the VMware Tools of the VM (VMware Tools), and

  • status of registration of the VM with appliance.

For this, click Filters on the toolbar, and then set the desired filtering options.

Filter data

To reset all filters, click Clear on the toolbar.

Group data

You can group data in the table by the values in the specific column. For this, click More (More icon) next to a column name, and then select Show in Groups.

Group data

By default, the system shows 25 records in the table per page. To browse over the records, use the navigation buttons at the bottom of the page. To go to a specific page, enter a number in the Page box, and then press Enter.

Name Icon Description
First Page First page icon Go to the first page
Previous Page Previous page icon Go to the previous page
Next Page Next page icon Go to the next page
Last Page Last page icon Go to the last page
Refresh Refresh icon Refresh data in the table

Also, you can set the number of records to show on the page. For this, enter a number in the Page size box, and then press Enter.

Pagination