Resources are entities that you want to protect. After a resource is registered, an
inventory of the resource is captured and added to the IBM Storage® Protect
Plus inventory, enabling you to complete backup and
restore jobs, as well as to run reports.
About this task
For example purposes, this task describes how to add a VMware vCenter Server instance. To
add other types of resources, see the instructions by resource type in the following sections:
To add a vCenter Server instance, complete the following steps:
In the navigation panel, click Manage Protection > Virtualized Systems > VMware.
Click Manage vCenter, and then click Add
vCenter.
Populate the fields in the vCenter Properties section:
Hostname/IP
Enter the resolvable IP address or a resolvable path and machine name.
Use existing user
Enable to select a previously entered user name and password for the vCenter Server
instance.
Username
Enter your user name for the vCenter Server instance.
Password
Enter your password for the vCenter Server instance.
Port
Enter the communications port of the vCenter Server instance. Select the Use
TLS checkbox to enable an encrypted Transport Layer Security (TLS) connection. The
typical default port is 80 for non TLS connections or 443 for TLS connections.
In the Options section, configure the following option:
Maximum number of VMs to process concurrently per ESX server and per SLA
Set the maximum number of concurrent VM snapshots to process on the ESX server. The default
setting is 3.
The following figure shows populated fields.
Figure 1. Adding a vCenter Server instance
Click Save.
IBM Storage Protect
Plus confirms a network connection,
adds the resource to the database, and then catalogs the resource. If a message appears indicating
that the connection is unsuccessful, review your entries. If your entries are correct and the
connection is unsuccessful, contact a network administrator to verify and possibly fix the
connections.
