Vmware Backup Appliance 6 5

Native backup takes a file based backup approach where the resulting files are transferred to a remote repository using any of the following protocols.

Vmware backup appliance 6 5.

Note that it is an out of the box feature which does a file level backup. The backup of the vpostgres database is not required when performing a backup using a supported method. Today s post is about vmware vcsa 6 5 backup and restore how to. It s built in within the appliance itself and it allows users to backup not only the vcenter server but also platform services.

Deduplication takes place within the vdp appliance. Https photon machine name ip or vcsa name 5480. Each vdp appliance can simultaneously backup up to 8 virtual machines if the internal proxy is used or up to 24 virtual machines if external proxies are deployed. In the vcenter server appliance management interface click summary.

Image based backup and restore is the only solution supported for performing a full secondary appliance restore. Backup vmware vcsa 6 5 to ftp server. In a web browser go to the vcenter server appliance management interface https appliance ip address or fqdn 5480. This article is only supported for backup and restore of the vpostgres database to the same vcenter server or vcenter server appliance use of image based backup and restore is the only solution supported for performing a full secondary appliance restore.

Log in as root. Http https ftp ftps and scp. 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.

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. The new vcenter server appliance vcsa 6 5 has a backup feature. To create and edit a backup job use the backup tab of the vsphere data protection interface in the vsphere web client. Before in vcsa 6 5 you could make a backup just by pressing the self titled button in the summary tab.

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. To enable this feature you need to access vmware vcenter via vmware appliance management interface using either vcsa name or vm ip. After you create the backup you can restore it by using the gui.