Why make things complicated?

Let me show you how easy it is to get started with Rubrik, you may see a common theme here (Simplicity). Let’s log into the Rubrik HTML 5 interface, what no Java 🙂 You can also log into any node in the cluster, like I said, easy.Snip20160119_24

After we successfully log in, we are presented with a nicely laid out dashboard with some very useful information.

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Now lets add a vCenter server to the Rubrik Cluster. Simply go to the top right of the dashboard and click on the “Gear” icon.  Now let’s select “Manage vCenters”.

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Lets add vCenter’s IP address or FQDN, Username and a Password and click “Add”. Oh yeah, you can add additional vCenter servers if you like.

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After you add your vCenter server, you will see the screen below.

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Now lets head back out to the “Dashboard” and see how many “Unprotected VMs” are discovered.  We have 23 VMs that are now available to start Protecting.

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Just so you know I’m not lying, here is the screenshot of my vCenter’s Summary. Look, it also displays 23 VMs.

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That’s all there is to it, I will show you how to add your “Unprotected VMs” on my next blog and go into some more details.

Don’t Backup. Go Forward.

  • No Backup Server software to install or maintain
  • No Proxy Servers
  • No Java
  • No Backup Jobs, we use SLA Domain Policies