In my previous tutorial, I showed you how to deploy the HYCU solution on your Nutanix cluster. It is now time to add your cluster to the software administration interface so that you can backup it.

Nutanix: Create a dedicated user

It is strongly recommended to create a dedicated user on your Nutanix cluster to manage the backup part with HYCU. To do this, go to “Settings” > “Local Users Management” and click on “New User”:

Complete the form with “Cluster Admin” and “Backup” rights:

The rights must be configured with “Cluster Admin” and “Backup”. The “Backup” right alone will not allow the HYCU solution to function correctly. Save, we can now add the cluster to HYCU.

HYCU: Add a new source

To add a new source to HYCU, you must visit the toothed wheel at the top right of the interface, then click on “Source”:

In the window that appears, there are 4 tabs available:

• Hypervisor: this is where we add the Nutanix or VMWare hypervisors which are to date the only compatible HYCU hypervisors
• Cloud: to back up your Google Cloud or Azure environments

• File Servers: intended for file servers including Nutanix Files, NetApp OnTap or Dell PowerScale

• Physical Machines: to backup physical servers

The tab that interests us here is “Hypervisor”, click on “New” then fill in the different available fields:

Enter the URL of your cluster either in IP format as in my screenshot, or in HTTP format: https://ip-address:9440, as well as the login and password of the account previously created on your cluster.

Click “Next” to access the optional addition of Prism Central login information, fill out the form with Prism Central “admin” authentication information if desired, then click “Next”:

If you have correctly filled in the information from the previous forms, a validation message appears and you can save the configuration:

Your cluster is now added to your HYCU solution and you can start backing up your virtual machines: