Connect Huawei FusionCompute to Vinchin

Add Huawei FusionCompute Virtual platform

To add Huawei FusionCompute virtual platform to Vinchin, follow the below steps.

1. Go to Resources > Virtual Infrastructure > Virtual Platform page.
2. Click on Add button.
3. In the Platform dropdown list, select Huawei FusionCompute (KVM).
4. In the IP/Domain field, specify the IP address and port number of the FusionCompute Virtual Resource Manager (VRM) server in format "server_ip:7443" without quotes. E.g., 172.18.5.202:7443.
5. In the Username field, the northbound interface authentication account should be used, the default username used by FusionCompute is “gesysman”.
6. In the Password field, please type in the northbound interface authentication account password.
7. In the Name field, specify a custom name for this newly added virtual platform.
8. Click on OK to add the Huawei FusionCompute virtual platform.

Notice

Please make sure Vinchin backup server can access the Huawei FusionCompute virtual platform on port 7443, 35000~35020, otherwise you will not be able to add virtual platform or perform VM backup.

Get Huawei FusionCompute Virtual platform Licensed for Backup

Once you have successfully added the Huawei FusionCompute virtual platform to Vinchin backup server, in the Virtual Platform List, the virtual platform will be listed.

If your license type is "Per CPU Sockets", the Huawei FusionCompute virtual platform will be Unlicensed state, at this moment you are unable to create any backup job for the Huawei FusionCompute VMs.

To get the Huawei FusionCompute virtual platform licensed for backup, please do as follows.

1. Click on the License button.
2. In the Host Licensing dialog, select all hosts of the Huawei FusionCompute virtual platform.
3. Click on License button to get all the hosts licensed for VM backup.

Once the Huawei FusionCompute virtual platform gets licensed, you are now able to create backup jobs for the Huawei FusionCompute VMs.