End User Guide
Allow the End-user to:
Select a Protection Job at Request Time
- Login to the vRA tenant
- Click on the Design tab > Blueprints
- Hover over the desired blueprint name and click Edit
- Click on the vSphere machine component on the Blueprint Design Canvas
- Click on the Properties tab
- In the Property Groups section:
- Add the vRA property group for Cohesity Backup as a Service:
SovLabs-CohesitySelectProtectionJob
- Add the vRA property group for Cohesity Backup Profile that had the templated Protection Job
defined:
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SovLabs-Cohesity-
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- Add the vRA property group for Cohesity Backup as a Service:
Repeat Step 3 for all desired blueprints
Recover Files and Folders
Allow the end-user to see the Recover Files and Folders (Cohesity) Day2 action on a VM
Add Recover Files and Folders (Cohesity) for Entitlements
- Login to the vRA tenant
- Click on Administration > Catalog Management > Entitlements
- Click on a desired entitlement to edit
- Click on the Items & Approvals tab
- Click on the next to Entitled Actions
- For the Name field, type in “Cohesity” as the search text to get all related actions
- Select the Recover Files and Folders (Cohesity) action
- Click OK to entitle the action and make it available for end-users
- Click Finish to save the entitlement
Remove Recover Files and Folders (Cohesity) for Entitlements
- Login to the vRA tenant
- Click on Administration > Catalog Management > Entitlements
- Click on a desired entitlement to edit
- Click on the Items & Approvals tab
- In the Entitled Actions column, find the Recover Files and Folders (Cohesity) action to remove
- Click on the and then click Remove
- Click Finish to save
Change Protection Job
Allow the end-user to see the Change Protection Job (Cohesity) Day2 action on a VM
Add Change Protection Job (Cohesity) for Entitlements
- Login to the vRA tenant
- Click on Administration > Catalog Management > Entitlements
- Click on a desired entitlement to edit
- Click on the Items & Approvals tab
- Click on the next to Entitled Actions
- For the Name field, type in “Cohesity” as the search text to get all related actions
- Select the Change Protection Job (Cohesity) action
- Click OK to entitle the action and make it available for end-users
- Click Finish to save the entitlement
Remove Change Protection Job (Cohesity) for Entitlements
- Login to the vRA tenant
- Click on Administration > Catalog Management > Entitlements
- Click on a desired entitlement to edit
- Click on the Items & Approvals tab
- In the Entitled Actions column, find the Change Protection Job (Cohesity) action to remove
- Click on the and then click Remove
- Click Finish to save
Instant Backup
Allow the end-user to see the Instant Backup (Cohesity) Day2 action on a VM
Add Instant Backup (Cohesity) for Entitlements
- Login to the vRA tenant
- Click on Administration > Catalog Management > Entitlements
- Click on a desired entitlement to edit
- Click on the Items & Approvals tab
- Click on the next to Entitled Actions
- For the Name field, type in “Cohesity” as the search text to get all related actions
- Select the Instant Backup (Cohesity) action
- Click OK to entitle the action and make it available for end-users
- Click Finish to save the entitlement
Remove Instant Backup (Cohesity) for Entitlements
- Login to the vRA tenant
- Click on Administration > Catalog Management > Entitlements
- Click on a desired entitlement to edit
- Click on the Items & Approvals tab
- In the Entitled Actions column, find the Instant Backup (Cohesity) action to remove
- Click on the and then click Remove
- Click Finish to save
Recover Virtual Disk
Allow the end-user to see the Recover Virtual Disk (Cohesity) Day2 action on a VM
Add Recover Virtual Disk (Cohesity) for Entitlements
- Login to the vRA tenant
- Click on Administration > Catalog Management > Entitlements
- Click on a desired entitlement to edit
- Click on the Items & Approvals tab
- Click on the next to Entitled Actions
- For the Name field, type in “Cohesity” as the search text to get all related actions
- Select the Recover Virtual Disk (Cohesity) action
- Click OK to entitle the action and make it available for end-users
- Click Finish to save the entitlement
Remove Recover Virtual Disk (Cohesity) for Entitlements
- Login to the vRA tenant
- Click on Administration > Catalog Management > Entitlements
- Click on a desired entitlement to edit
- Click on the Items & Approvals tab
- In the Entitled Actions column, find the Recover Virtual Disk (Cohesity) action to remove
- Click on the and then click Remove
- Click Finish to save