Note the following:

• To post events to vCenter, NetBackup must perform the backup through a vCenter server. If NetBackup accesses the ESX server directly, the backup information cannot be displayed in vSphere Client.

• You must set the required permissions in vCenter:

  See Setting privileges for posting events to vCenter.

• If a vSphere administrator created an attribute named NB_LAST_BACKUP of type Global, NetBackup cannot post backup events to that attribute. You must remove the NB_LAST_BACKUP attribute from vSphere. Make sure that Post vCenter events is set to All Events or Error Events. At the next backup, NetBackup creates a NB_LAST_BACKUP attribute of type Virtual Machine and posts events to that attribute.

Post vCenter events also records the date and time of the last successful backup of the virtual machine:

• The date and time appear in vSphere Client on the Summary tab as a custom attribute under Annotations. The attribute is labeled NB_LAST_BACKUP.

• The date and time appear in vSphere Web Client on the Virtual Machines display.