Within the gui you can select whether or not to include historical data such as stats events and tasks in the backup file the inventory and core.
Vmware backup appliance.
I m happy to announce two new guided walkthroughs on the vmware feature walkthrough site these walkthroughs will help illustrate how to setup the vcenter server appliance file based backup feature.
Backup a vcenter server appliance by using the vcenter server appliance management interface the vmware vcenter server appliance management interface can be used to back up the vcenter instance.
The vcenter server appliance supports a file based backup and restore mechanism that helps you to recover your environment after failures.
The vcenter server appliance vcsa 6 5 is full of new and exclusive features.
In a web browser go to the vcenter server appliance management interface https appliance ip address or fqdn 5480.
How to backup restore with vmware vcsa 6 7.
Create a hyperconverged backup appliance by installing on synology qnap asustor netgear freenas or western digital nas.
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.
One of which is the native file based backup and restore.
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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.
If you were unlucky to restore from that backup you know that this procedure is not that straightforward.
To create and edit a backup job use the backup tab of the vsphere data protection interface in the vsphere web client.
Deduplication takes place within the vdp appliance.
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.
After you create the backup you can restore it by using the gui.
Log in as root.