Adding a Hyper-V provider

Providers are servers that host objects and attributes. Once a provider is registered, an inventory of the provider is captured and added to IBM Spectrum Protect Plus, enabling you to perform backup and restore jobs, as well as run reports.

Before you begin

Note the following considerations and procedures before adding a Hyper-V server to IBM Spectrum Protect Plus:

  • Hyper-V servers can be registered using a DNS name or IP address. DNS names must be resolvable by IBM Spectrum Protect Plus. If the Hyper-V server is part of a cluster, all nodes in the cluster must be resolvable through DNS. If DNS is not available, the server must be added to the /etc/hosts file on the IBM Spectrum Protect Plus appliance. If more than one Hyper-V server is set up in a cluster environment, all of the servers must be added to/etc/hosts. When registering the cluster in IBM Spectrum Protect Plus, register the Failover Cluster Manager.

  • All Hyper-V servers, including cluster nodes, must have the Microsoft iSCSI initiator Service running in their Services list. Set the service to Automatic so that it is available when the machine boots.
  • Add the user to the local administrator group on the Hyper-V server.

Procedure

To register a Hyper-V provider, complete the following steps.

  1. From the navigation menu, expand Hypervisor, then Hyper-V. Click Backup.
  2. Click Manage Hyper-V Server.
  3. Click the add icon the add icon.
  4. Populate the fields in the Server Properties pane:

    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 provider.

    Username

    Enter your user name for the provider.

    Password

    Enter your password for the provider.

    Port

    Enter the communications port of the provider you are adding. The typical default port is 5985.

    Select the Use SSL check box to enable an encrypted Secure Socket Layer (SSL) connection.

    To enable an SLL connection, you must add the self-signed SSL certificate for the Hyper-V server or a certificate authority (CA) certificate. To upload a certificate, see Uploading an SSL certificate from the administrative console certificate.

    If you do not select Use SSL you must complete additional steps on the Hyper-V server. See Enabling WinRM for connection to Hyper-V hosts

  5. Expand Options to configure additional options:

    Maximum number of VMs to process concurrently per Hyper-V server

    Set the maximum number of concurrent virtual machine snapshots to process on the Hyper-V server.

  6. Click Save. IBM Spectrum Protect Plus confirms a network connection, adds the provider to the database, and then catalogs the provider.
    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 system administrator to review the connections.

    To troubleshoot a connection to a hypervisor virtual machine, use the Test function. The Test function verifies communication with the virtual machine and tests DNS settings between the IBM Spectrum Protect Plus appliance and the virtual machine. To test a connection, select a single virtual machine, then click Select Options. Select Use existing user and select a previously entered user name and password for the resource. The Test button displays to the right of the Save button in the Options section. Click Test.

    Providers are automatically cataloged after registration. IBM Spectrum Protect Plus creates a high-level Inventory job and catalogs the objects on the provider. To manually run an Inventory job, click Run Inventory from the Backup pane.

What to do next

After you add the Hyper-V provider, complete the following action:
Action How to
Assign user permissions to the hypervisor. See Creating a user role.