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Configure Organizations
In Phoenix, Organization is an access-based control mechanism to configure the servers for backup and restore. Organizations create a logical partitioning of the entities, such as servers, backup policies, retention policies and so on. Whereas, the storage, cloud administrators, and customer license are common across organizations. Based on the requirements, you can create one or more organizations or perform backup and restore using the default site provided by Phoenix.
You can perform the following tasks:
Select the Default site
- Log on to Phoenix Management Console.
- On the menu bar, click All Organizations and select Default Site from the drop-down list.
View the Organizations page
Phoenix provides the Organizations page where you can view the details all the organizations configured in your environment. The information also includes the backup status for the File Servers, MS-SQL Servers, and Virtual Machines configured for each organization.
Procedure
- Log on to Phoenix Management Console.
- On the menu bar, select All Organizations from the drop-down list.
- On the menu bar, click Organizations.
The Organizations page is displayed. The following table lists the fields displayed on the Organizations page.
| Field | Description |
|
Organization Name |
The name of the organization. Click the organization name to display the dashboard of that organization. |
| Description | A short description of the organization. |
|
# Admins |
The number of administrators created for each organization. Click the integer to display the Manage Administrators page that lists organization administrators and group administrators. |
| Workload | The configured servers and virtual machines for each organization. The virtual machines are further categorized according to the registered vCenter/ESXi. |
|
# Configured |
The number of physical and virtual servers configured for backup for each organization. Click the integer to view the corresponding configured server details. |
|
Latest Backup Status |
For each server, the backup status is shown under the following columns:
Click the number to list the filtered view of configured servers or virtual machines for that particular organization. For example, for a File Server, if you click the number under Last Backup Successful |
): Displays the number of latest "Successful" backups for the servers or virtual machines in the selected organization.
): Displays the number of latest "Successful with error" backup for the servers or virtual machines in the selected organization.
): Displays the number of latest "Failed" backup for the servers or virtual machines in the selected organization.
): Displays the number of servers or virtual machines in the selected organization with the last backup status as "Backup Window Expired".
): Displays the number of servers and virtual machines that were never backed up in the selected organization.Add a new organization
Prerequisites
- Only Enterprise and Elite customers can create new organizations.
- Only a cloud administrator can add new organizations.
Note: An organization or organization administrator is created through All Organizations menu option.
Procedure
- Log on to Phoenix Management Console.
- On the menu bar, select All Organizations from the drop-down list.
- On the menu bar, click Organizations.
- Click Add New Organization and provide the following details:
Field Description Organization Name The unique name for the organization. Description The description of the organization. The Description field is an optional field. - Click Ok.
Delete an organization
If you are a cloud administrator, you can delete an organization. Before deleting an organization, ensure that you select the correct organization name.
Procedure
- Log on to Phoenix Management Console.
- On the menu bar, select All Organizations from the drop-down list.
- On the menu bar, click Organizations.
- Select the organization you want to delete.
- Click Delete.
- Click Yes to confirm the deletion.