Vmware Backup Appliance 6 5

After you create the backup you can restore it by using the gui.

Vmware backup appliance 6 5.

In vsphere 6 5 you can use the vcenter server appliance management interface to create a file based backup of the vcenter server appliance and platform services controller appliance. Note that it is an out of the box feature which does a file level backup. Https photon machine name ip or vcsa name 5480. Image based backup and restore is the only solution supported for performing a full secondary appliance restore.

Before in vcsa 6 5 you could make a backup just by pressing the self titled button in the summary tab. It s built in within the appliance itself and it allows users to backup not only the vcenter server but also platform services. The first thing we need to do is setup a server to target with our vcsa 6 5 appliance backup process. The backup of the vpostgres database is not required when performing a backup using a supported method.

For the purposes of demonstrating the process we are going to setup a simple filezilla ftp server to receive the vcsa 6 5 appliance backups. In the vcenter server appliance management interface click summary. The vcenter server appliance supports a file based backup and restore mechanism that helps you to recover your environment after failures. Native backup takes a file based backup approach where the resulting files are transferred to a remote repository using any of the following protocols.

Today s post is about vmware vcsa 6 5 backup and restore how to. Backup vmware vcsa 6 5 to ftp server. Vmware provides a python based scripts which allows to backup the embedded postgres database of vcenter server appliance 6 5. The backup functionality shown will be using the vcsa 6 5 appliance.

Deduplication takes place within the vdp appliance. Log in as root. To create and edit a backup job use the backup tab of the vsphere data protection interface in the vsphere web client. To enable this feature you need to access vmware vcenter via vmware appliance management interface using either vcsa name or vm ip.

Http https ftp ftps and scp. The new vcenter server appliance vcsa 6 5 has a backup feature. In a web browser go to the vcenter server appliance management interface https appliance ip address or fqdn 5480.