Backup Settings¶
Administration -> Backups
Overview¶
The Backups Settings page allows you enable or disableScheduled Backups, and select a Default Backup Storage Provider Backups within Conduit can always be run manually. However the scheduled backups toggle must be enabled to run jobs automatically. Configure the default storage provider to select the target location for all new backups. (This does not affect existing backups.)
Conduit Backup Settings¶
Options:
- Scheduled Backups
- Enable automatic scheduled backups for provisioned instances.
- Create Backups
- When enabled, Conduit will automatically configure instances for manual or scheduled backups.
- Copy Snapshots to Store
- Copy VMware snapshots to selected Backup
- Storage Provider
- Default Backups Storage Provider
- Backup Appliance
- When enabled, a Backup will be created to backup the Conduit appliance database. Select the
Backuptext link to edit Appliance Backup Settings and view existing Appliance Backups. - Default Backup Provider
- Enable/Disable Conduit as the default backup provider.
- Default Backup Storage Provider
- Storage Providers can be configured and managed in the Infrastructure Storage section.
- Backup Retention Count
- Default maximum number of successful backups to retain.
Veeam Settings¶
- Enabled
- Enable the Veeam integration
- Default Backup Provider
- Sets Veeam as the Default Backup Provider in Conduit . Backup Providers can also be configured per Backup.
- Visibility
Sets visibility in multi-tenant Conduit environments:
- Public: Accessible by all Tenants
- Private: Accessible only to the Tenant the Veeam integration is added.
- Host
- Host name or the IP address of the Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager. This is the same host that you use to access the Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager browser-based user interface.
- Port
- The HTTP(S) port of the Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager API. The default is 9399.
- Username
- The username used to authenticate with the Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager.
- Password
- The password used to authenticate with the Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager.
- Backup Repositories
- Once credentials are authenticated, search will populate available Veeam Repositories to select from.
- Backup Job Templates
- The backup jobs configured in the Veeam Backup and Replication Console that can be cloned when creating new backup jobs.
- Refresh Available Jobs
- Use to sync newly created Jobs in Veeam.
Important
Once a Veeam Integration has been enabled, a VEEAM SERVER setting will be available in VMware and Hyper-V cloud settings (Infrastructure -> Clouds -> Edit a Cloud). To enabled backups on a Cloud, a Veeam Server must be selected in the VEEAM SERVER dropdown in the Cloud settings and saved. Failure to do so will result in blank Backup Repositories and Backup Job Templates options when configuring Veeam Backups during provisioning´´.
Commvault Settings¶
- Enabled
- Enable the Commvault integration
- Default Backup Provider
- Sets Commvault as the Default Backup Provider in Conduit . Backup Providers can be configured per Instance backup settings.
- Host
- IP or Hostname of the Commvault server.
- Port
- Port configured to access the Commvault server
- Commvault server Username
- Admin Username for Commvault
- Password
- Password for Username provided (encrypted in Conduit )