Create VM for AHV Backup Proxy

Once you upload the AHV Backup Proxy image, you must create a VM where the AHV Backup Proxy will be deployed.

To create a VM for the AHV Backup Proxy, do the following:

1. On the main menu of Nutanix Prism web console, click Home and select VM.

2. Click Create VM.

3. In the Create VM window, assign a VM name and specify the compute details. Note that the VM must meet the following requirements:

• 2 CPUs, 2 cores per CPU plus 1 CPU core for each additional concurrent task (default concurrency level: 3 VMs at a time).
• 4GB RAM plus 1 GB for each concurrent task.

4. At the Disks section, click Add New Disk to add a boot device.

5. In the Add Disk window, configure the disk characteristics:

1. In the TYPE drop-down list, select DISK.
2. In the OPERATION drop-down list, select Clone form Image Service.
3. In the IMAGE drop-down list, select the appliance proxy VMDK file which you have uploaded in the previous step.
4. Click Add.

5. After adding the disk, you must resize the added image disk. Open the disk settings and at the Size (GiB) field type 50.
6. Click Update.

6. At the Network Adapters (NIC) section, click Add New NIC.

7. AHV Backup Proxy version 2.0 and later has cloud-init integration. For this reason, AHV Backup Proxy VM takes 4-5 minutes to start. To avoid this, do the following.

1. At the bottom of the Create VM window, select the Custom Script check box.
2. Select the Type or paste script check box and copy the following script:

8. In the Create NIC window:

1. Select the required VLAN from the VLAN Name drop-down list.
2. Select the Connected option.
3. Click Add.

9. Click Save to apply settings.

Reference

For details on how to create a VM, see the Creating a VM (AHV) section of the Prism Web Console Guide.