VMware Backup Test

This test auto discovers the virtual machines that are to be backed up and reports the number of virtual machines that are backed up and the amount of data from the virtual machines that have been backed up and the percentage of data that have been backed up.

Target of the test : A Symantec Backup server

Agent deploying the test : An internal agent

Outputs of the test : One set of results for the server being monitored.

Configurable parameters for the test

Parameter	Description
Test Period	How often should the test be executed.
Host	The host for which the test is to be configured.
Port	The port number at which the Symantec Backup server listens to. By default, this is NULL.

Measurements made by the test

Measurement	Description	Measurement Unit	Interpretation
Total VMware virtual machine size	Indicates the amount of data from the VMware virtual machines that have been backed up since the Backup Exec Engine service was last restarted.	MB
Total VMware virtual machines	Indicates the total number of VMware virtual machines that have been backed up since the Backup Exec Engine was last restarted.	Number
Data backed up per virtual machine	Indicates the percentage of data that is backed up per virtual machine.	Percent	A high value is desired for this measure.