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| 1 | +# NetBackup VMware agentless single and group VM backup and restore APIs code samples |
| 2 | + |
| 3 | +## Executing the scripts: |
| 4 | + |
| 5 | +Pre-requisites: |
| 6 | +- NetBackup 8.3 or higher |
| 7 | +- Python 3.6 or higher |
| 8 | +- Python modules: `requests` |
| 9 | +- create_protection_plan_template.json template file. This template contain the required payload which is used to create the protection plan. |
| 10 | + |
| 11 | +Use the following commands to run the scripts. |
| 12 | +### - Single VM backup and restore |
| 13 | + |
| 14 | +This single_vm_backup_restore.py script demonstrates how to backup a VM (VMware virtual machine) using a protection plan and instant access restore of VM using NetBackup APIs. |
| 15 | + |
| 16 | +`python single_vm_backup_restore.py --master_server <master_server> --master_username <master_username> --master_password <master_password> --vcenter_name <vcenter_name> --vcenter_username <vcenter_username> --vcenter_password <vcenter_password> --stu_name <stu_name> --protection_plan_name <protection_plan_name> --clientvm <client_vm_name> --restore_vmname <restore_vm_name>` |
| 17 | + |
| 18 | +All parameters can also be passed as command line arguments. |
| 19 | +- `python single_vm_backup_restore.py --help` |
| 20 | +``` |
| 21 | +usage: single_vm_backup_restore.py [-h] [--master_server MASTER_SERVER] |
| 22 | + [--master_server_port MASTER_SERVER_PORT] |
| 23 | + [--master_username MASTER_USERNAME] |
| 24 | + [--master_password MASTER_PASSWORD] |
| 25 | + [--vcenter_name VCENTER_NAME] |
| 26 | + [--vcenter_username VCENTER_USERNAME] |
| 27 | + [--vcenter_password VCENTER_PASSWORD] |
| 28 | + [--vcenter_port VCENTER_PORT] |
| 29 | + [--stu_name STU_NAME] |
| 30 | + [--protection_plan_name PROTECTION_PLAN_NAME] |
| 31 | + [--clientvm CLIENTVM] |
| 32 | + [--restore_vmname RESTORE_VMNAME] |
| 33 | +
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| 34 | +Single VM backup and restore scenario |
| 35 | +
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| 36 | +Arguments: |
| 37 | + -h, --help show this help message and exit |
| 38 | + --master_server MASTER_SERVER |
| 39 | + NetBackup master server name |
| 40 | + --master_server_port MASTER_SERVER_PORT |
| 41 | + NetBackup master server port |
| 42 | + --master_username MASTER_USERNAME |
| 43 | + NetBackup master server username |
| 44 | + --master_password MASTER_PASSWORD |
| 45 | + NetBackup master server password |
| 46 | + --vcenter_name VCENTER_NAME |
| 47 | + vCenter name |
| 48 | + --vcenter_username VCENTER_USERNAME |
| 49 | + vCenter username |
| 50 | + --vcenter_password VCENTER_PASSWORD |
| 51 | + vCenter password |
| 52 | + --vcenter_port VCENTER_PORT |
| 53 | + vCenter port |
| 54 | + --stu_name STU_NAME |
| 55 | + Storage unit name |
| 56 | + --protection_plan_name PROTECTION_PLAN_NAME |
| 57 | + Protection plan name |
| 58 | + --clientvm CLIENTVM Client VM name |
| 59 | + --restore_vmname RESTORE_VMNAME |
| 60 | + Restore VM name |
| 61 | +``` |
| 62 | + |
| 63 | +Execution flow of single VM backup and restore script: |
| 64 | +- Add vcenter to NBU master |
| 65 | +- Discovery of Vcenter |
| 66 | +- Create protection plan |
| 67 | +- Subscribe asset to protection plan |
| 68 | +- Perform immediate backup |
| 69 | +- Verify the status of jobs |
| 70 | +- Initiate instant access recovery |
| 71 | +- Verify state of instant access recovery VM. |
| 72 | +- Perform the cleanup(e.g. remove instant access VM, subscription, protection plan and vcenter) |
| 73 | + |
| 74 | +### - Group VM backup and restore |
| 75 | + |
| 76 | +This group_vm_backup_restore.py script demonstrates how to backup multiple VMs (VMware virtual machines) using a protection plan and perform bulk instant access restore of the VMs using NetBackup APIs. |
| 77 | + |
| 78 | +`python group_vm_backup_restore.py --master_server <master_server> --master_username <master_username> --master_password <master_password> --vcenter_name <vcenter_name> --vcenter_username <vcenter_username> --vcenter_password <vcenter_password> --stu_name <stu_name> --protection_plan_name <protection_plan_name> --querystring <Query_string> --vip_group_name <group_name> --restore_vmname_prefix <restore_vmname_prefix>` |
| 79 | + |
| 80 | +All parameters can also be passed as command line arguments. |
| 81 | +- `python group_vm_backup_restore.py --help` |
| 82 | +``` |
| 83 | +usage: group_vm_backup_restore.py [-h] [--master_server MASTER_SERVER] |
| 84 | + [--master_server_port MASTER_SERVER_PORT] |
| 85 | + [--master_username MASTER_USERNAME] |
| 86 | + [--master_password MASTER_PASSWORD] |
| 87 | + [--vcenter_name VCENTER_NAME] |
| 88 | + [--vcenter_username VCENTER_USERNAME] |
| 89 | + [--vcenter_password VCENTER_PASSWORD] |
| 90 | + [--vcenter_port VCENTER_PORT] |
| 91 | + [--stu_name STU_NAME] |
| 92 | + [--protection_plan_name PROTECTION_PLAN_NAME] |
| 93 | + [--querystring QUERYSTRING] |
| 94 | + [--vip_group_name VIP_GROUP_NAME] |
| 95 | + [--restore_vmname_prefix RESTORE_VMNAME_PREFIX] |
| 96 | +
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| 97 | +Group VM backup and restore scenario |
| 98 | +
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| 99 | +Arguments: |
| 100 | + -h, --help show this help message and exit |
| 101 | + --master_server MASTER_SERVER |
| 102 | + NetBackup master server |
| 103 | + --master_server_port MASTER_SERVER_PORT |
| 104 | + NetBackup port |
| 105 | + --master_username MASTER_USERNAME |
| 106 | + NetBackup master server user name |
| 107 | + --master_password MASTER_PASSWORD |
| 108 | + NetBackup master server password |
| 109 | + --vcenter_name VCENTER_NAME |
| 110 | + Vcenter name |
| 111 | + --vcenter_username VCENTER_USERNAME |
| 112 | + Vcenter username |
| 113 | + --vcenter_password VCENTER_PASSWORD |
| 114 | + Vcenter password |
| 115 | + --vcenter_port VCENTER_PORT |
| 116 | + Vcenter port |
| 117 | + --stu_name STU_NAME |
| 118 | + Storage unit name |
| 119 | + --protection_plan_name PROTECTION_PLAN_NAME |
| 120 | + Protection plan name |
| 121 | + --querystring QUERYSTRING |
| 122 | + Query string to create the VM intelligent group |
| 123 | + --vip_group_name VIP_GROUP_NAME |
| 124 | + VM intelligent group name |
| 125 | + --restore_vmname_prefix RESTORE_VMNAME_PREFIX |
| 126 | + Restore VM name prefix |
| 127 | +``` |
| 128 | +Execution flow of group VM backup and restore script: |
| 129 | +- Add vcenter to NBU master |
| 130 | +- Discovery of Vcenter |
| 131 | +- Create protection plan |
| 132 | +- Create intelligent VM group based on the querystring |
| 133 | +- Subscribe VM group to protection plan |
| 134 | +- Perform immediate backup |
| 135 | +- Verify the status of jobs |
| 136 | +- Perform bulk restore |
| 137 | +- Perform the cleanup(e.g. remove bulk instant access VMs, subscription, protection plan, VM group and vcenter) |
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