Viewing the status of backup operations for virtual machines

You can view the most recent backup information for all virtual machines (VMs) that are in a vSphere object. This information includes identification of VMs that are at risk of being unprotected because the VM has never been backed up or a backup did not occur in the time interval that is set in the at-risk policy.

About this task

You can view the backups for virtual machines that are in the following objects in the vSphere Web Client:
  • Datacenter
  • Folder (host, cluster, and VM)
  • Host
  • Host Cluster
  • Resource Pool

Procedure

To view backup information for the virtual machines that are in an object:

  1. Select an inventory object in the vSphere Web Client and click Monitor > IBM Spectrum Protect.
    For each VM, information about the most recent backup is shown. For datacenter objects, you can use the View list to show all VMs that are in the object, only existing VMs, or only deleted VMs. For all other objects, only existing VMs are shown.
  2. For each VM, you can view information such as the backup risk status, completion date, duration, and size.
    To view a description of a risk status, hover over the status in the Risk Status column.