In this blog, we will now attach our vCenter and Windows Server to our Backup Exec 21. We will use an agentless approach to backup VM’s inside our vCenter. Agent-based backups are typically used when you wish to enable granular restore of database items such as Exchange, SQL, AD etc

1- We will need to create a role group on our vCenter and give the account administrator rights on the vCenter so BackupExec can initiate backup/restore tasks. For this demo, we will just use our administrator account to login

2- Under logon accounts – Choose to Add a new login account

3- I’ve added our vCenter administrator account here

4- Go to the Backup and Restore Tab and choose the option to Add Server

5- We will choose the option to add our vCenter Server

6- Give our vCenter address here

7- Select our login account here.

8- Review the details and click next.

9- Choose the vCenter Server – Right Click and Select Establish Trust

10- Select the servers on which to configure backups

11-Choose Storage as our Backup to disk we created

12- Pick a server from our vCenter inventory to configure backup.

13- The added server will appear here

14- Review the Summary and the job will appear under the job monitor tab

Add Agent Based Servers in Backup Exec

Agent-based backups are typically used when you wish to enable granular restore of database items such as Exchange, SQL, AD etc. The main purpose of an agent-based install is the ability of the agent to quiesce the application and OS states to guarantee an application-consistent backup. Agent backups are favoured in case your VM’s have raw device mappings enabled on them.

1- On the Backup and Restore tab – Choose the option to Add Server

2- Select Microsoft Windows computers and servers and then click next.

3- Select the option to Allow Backup Exec to establish a trust with the servers and then click next.

4- We will now need to Browse the systems we wish to add to Backupexec

5- From our network, we will pick up a few VM’s to backup

6- Select a logon account we created before, this account should be a domain admin

7- Ensure you tick these two options as the server will need to rebooted for agent installs and upgrades

8- Click Install to proceed

9- The Installation will take a few moments to complete and during this process, the VM will reboot