Manage administrative groups



Overview
An administrative group is a logical categorization of virtual machines that share similar attributes. Virtual machines can be grouped together based on similar attributes like virtual machine type, virtual machine location, and operating system.
Administrative groups are formed in order to simplify management. Following are the reasons why you should form an administrative group in Phoenix:
- Easy administration
- Monitor the backup activity on virtual machines through a single dashboard
Examples
- Virtual machines located in one region, for example, US West, can be grouped together
- Virtual machines having the same operating system can be grouped together
You can select a virtual machine from the administrative group page, and perform actions on the virtual machine such as adding a backup set, changing virtual machine name, or deleting the virtual machine.
Best practices
Follow these best practices when you create a new administrative group:
- Phoenix can backup data on different server types such as SQL servers, File servers, NAS Shares, Hyper-V virtual machines, and VMware virtual machines. An administrative group can have different types of servers attached to it, however, it is recommended that you create different groups for different servers. For example, create a separate administrative group for virtual machines and a different administrative group for servers running MS-SQL.
- Plan and segregate virtual machines in an administrative group, depending on the criteria you have defined. For example, the location of the virtual machines, or virtual machines with a common guest operating system.
View administrative groups from Manage Administrative Groups
Create a new administrative group from Manage Administrative Groups
Prerequisites
- You must be a cloud administrator or a cloud-derived administrator.
- You must have created or configured the following,
- Phoenix storage where the backed up data should reside. For more information, see Managing storage.
- A backup policy defining the schedule for backup. For more information, see Manage backup policy
Procedure
Update administrative group details from Manage Administrative Groups
Delete an administrative group from Manage Administrative Groups
Phoenix administrators can delete a group if it is no longer needed. However, before deleting a group, the virtual machines belonging to this group should be assigned or moved to a different group.
Virtual machines should be reconfigured in order to be assigned or moved to a different group. For more information, see Reconfigure virtual machines.
As an administrative group is just a logical entity, deleting a group doesn't affect the virtual machine data anyway.
Prerequisites
- All the virtual machines, that are part of the administrative group being deleted, must be reconfigured and assigned a different group.
Procedure
Change the administrative group for configured virtual machines
]If you want to regroup virtual machines, Phoenix lets you change the administrative group for multiple virtual machines.
To change the administrative group:
- Log on to Phoenix Management Console.
- From the top menu bar, select the required organization from All Organizations drop-down.
- After you select your organization, click Protect > Hyper-V from the top menu. A page appears that lists all registered hosts, all virtual machines hosted across hosts, and configured virtual machines.
- Click Configured Virtual Machines tab.
- Under the Configured Virtual Machines tab, select the virtual machines, and click Reconfigure VMs > Change Administrative Group.
- From the Change Administrative Group dialog that appears, select a different administrative group and click Save.