In the left Navigator pane of the SCV plug-in, click Resource Groups, and then select Create.
Enter the required information on each page of the Create Resource Group wizard, select VMs and datastores to be included in the resource group, and then select the backup policies to be applied to the resource group and specify the backup schedule.

Backups are performed as specified in the backup policies that are configured for the resource group.

You can perform a backup on demand from the Resource Groups page by clicking Play icon Run Now.