Select a Backup Type on Machine Deployment

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Considerations

Have licensed the Veeam module
Have configured the Veeam module endpoint
Have configured your Veeam backup jobs
Understand how the Template engine works

Scenario

Scenario 1

You want to allow users who deploy virtual machines to select the backup type they need. You want to populate a drop down list dynamically of all backup jobs that are available in Veeam

Scenario 2

You want to allow users who deploy virtual machines to select the backup type they need. You want to provide a static list of backup jobs to the user that consists of Gold, Silver and Bronze. These relate to different backup schedules and retention policies

Procedure

Scenario 1

Configuring your Backup Profile that links to a pre created property definition

From vRA click on Catalog and search for Veeam. Click on Request on Add Veeam Backup Profile – Sovlbas Modules
In the Configuration Label, enter a meaningful name and from Veeam BEM Endpoint, select your endpoint
Uncheck Get Backup Jobs from list
In the Backup Jobs, leave the template code (This is the dynamic property that gets all backup jobs and is automatically generated with the Veeam Module)
Click on Submit

Adding Veeam backup profile with dynamic selection to your blueprint

In your blueprint, click on Properties then Property Groups then click on Add
From the list, locate your Veeam backup profile you created, place a check next to this and click OK
Under Properties click on Custom properties and click on New
Under Name in the drop down, find the property definition that was defined automatically in the backup profile (SovLabs_VeeamSelectBackupJob)
Leave the Value field blank and place a check in Show in Request then click OK
Click on Finish to save changes
If you deploy your machine from this blueprint, you will see a heading of Veeam Backup Job and a big drop down, this is a list of All the Veeam backup jobs available.

Scenario 2

Creating a property definition with static list of jobs

From within vRA click on Administration → Property Definitions → New
Enter a Name for your Property Definition and a Label you want to see in your blueprint
Visibility can be left as default if you only want your tenant to see this and you can opt to enter a description if you like
From Data Type, select String from the Drop Down
In required, you can enforce a selection, or, Make it so they don’t have to select a job. I will leave it as default
In Display As, select Dropdown from the dropdown
In the static list, click New and enter A name for the first backup, in this example, Gold with a value of the Gold backup name DemoLinuxGold then click OK
Repeat for all the backup jobs you want to be able to select
Click on OK

Creating a backup profile with reference to your property definition

From vRA click on Catalog and search for Veeam. Click on Request on Add Veeam Backup Profile – Sovlbas Modules
In the Configuration Label, enter a meaningful name and from the Veeam BEM Endpoint, select your endpoint from the drop down
Remove the check in the Get Backup Jobs from List
In the Backup Jobs, You will reference the property definition you created surround by squiggly brackets and then click the green plus .
Click on Submit

Add the backup profile to your blueprint

In your blueprint click on Properties → Property Groups and click on Add
From the list, locate the backup profile you created and place a check next to it, click on OK
Click on Custom properties and click on New
Under name, select your backup property definition you created before from the drop down list
In the value, leave this blank and place a check in Show in Request then click OK
Click on Finish
When you deploy your VM you will see the drop down
If you select bronze, in vROPS under Veeam you will see in the payload has the job you selected
If you selected Silver, in vROPS under Veeam you will see in the payload has the job you selected