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Recipe: Create an HPE Morpheus VM Essentials Backup Job

A Veeam Backup Job to back up HPE Morpheus VM Essentials VMs data.

Time to complete: 5 minutes

Ingredients:

An HPE Morpheus VM Essentials server added to the backup infrastructure.
At least one HPE Morpheus VM Essentials Worker for backup processing.
A Backup Repository with enough capacity to keep backup files for the retention period. You can also consider the use of Scale-Out Backup Repository.

Before you start:
The target Repository must have enough free space to store Backup files.

Assumptions:
You have a Veeam Backup and Replication server installed.

Method:

Open the Veeam Backup & Replication Console.
Right-click the working area and select Backup > Virtual machine > HPE Morpheus VM Essentials.
At the Job step, specify a job name and description. Click Next.
At the Virtual Machines step, click Add and select the HPE Morpheus VM Essentials VMs or containers that you want to back up.
- Click Add, then in the Add Object window select the necessary VMs or VM containers and click Add. Click Next.
At the Storage step, select backup infrastructure components for the job:
- From the Backup repository list, select a backup repository where the created backup files must be stored. Make sure it has enough free space.
- In the Retention Policy field, specify retention policy settings in Days.
- If you want to enable GFS for Long-Term retention, then select the Keep some periodic full backups longer for archival purposes check box and configure GFS options.
At the Schedule step, select to run the backup job manually or schedule the job to run on a regular basis. Click Apply.
At the Summary step, review details of the backup job. If you want to start the job right after you close the wizard, select the Run the job when I click Finish check box, otherwise leave the check box unselected. Then click Finish to close the wizard.

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