Editing Backup Appliance

You can edit settings of the Nutanix AHV backup appliance that were specified while adding the appliance to the backup infrastructure.

To edit Nutanix AHV backup appliance settings, do the following:

  1. Open the Backup Infrastructure view.
  2. In the inventory pane, select Backup Proxies.
  3. In the working area, select the Nutanix AHV backup appliance and click Edit Proxy on the ribbon, or right-click the Nutanix AHV backup appliance and select Properties.
  4. Complete the Edit Nutanix AHV Backup Appliance wizard:
  1. To provide a new description for the Nutanix AHV backup appliance and change the number of tasks that the embedded worker is able to handle in parallel, follow the instructions provided in section Connecting Existing Backup Appliance (step 3).
  2. To change credentials for the account that is used to access the Nutanix AHV backup appliance web console, follow the instructions provided in section Connecting Existing Backup Appliance (step 4).
  3. To change the network to which the Nutanix AHV backup appliance is connected or to specify a new IP address for the appliance, follow the instructions provided in section Connecting Existing Backup Appliance (step 5).
  4. To specify backup repositories the Nutanix AHV backup appliance can access, follow the instructions provided in section Connecting Existing Backup Appliance (step 6).
  5. To save changes made to the proxy settings, click Finish.

Important

It is not recommended that you decrease the amount of allocated resources or modify the network settings while the embedded or a dedicated worker is currently transferring data. In this case, Veeam Backup for Nutanix AHV will terminate the related sessions and restart the appliance to update the settings immediately.

Editing Backup Appliance 

Page updated 8/21/2024

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