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POSTED BY MOHAMMED RAFFIC ON JANUARY 23, 2015 IN VMWARE NSX, VMWARE NSX INSTALLATION,
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When comes to infrastructure

systems, It is always a
question of what will be
recovery option. It is very
normal that system may get
crashed due to some issues.
Zerto Virtual Replication It will be always a question in
the mind that how would we
Fully automated & installs recover the system and what
easily, Best of VMworld will be the backup stratergy.
Europe 2014 winner In repsonse to the NSX
www.zerto.com Manger, We can backup and
restore the NSX Manager
data from NSX Manager management web page. You can back up and restore
your NSX Manager data, which can include system con畈guration, events, and
audit log tables. Con畈guration tables are included in every backup. Backups are
saved to a remote location that must be accessible by the NSX Manager. In this
post, We will discuss about how to con畈gure and schedule the NSX Manager
data. Let’s take a look at the detailed step by step procedure to con畈gure the
NSX Manager backup & restore.

Backup NSX Manager Data:

Login to NSX Manager management page using the below URL:

https:<NSX-Manager IP_or Name>

In Home Page of NSX Manager,click Backups & Restore Under Appliance

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Management

Click on Change to specify the FTP Server Settings to store the NSX Manager
Backup 畈les.

Enter the Below information to specify the NSX Manager Backup settings:

Enter the IP address or host name of the FTP server, which is going to
store the backup 畈les.
From the Transfer Protocol drop-down menu, select either SFTP or FTP,
based on what the destination supports and Edit the default port if
required.
Enter the user name and password which is required to login to the
Backup System i.e FTP server
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In the Backup Directory 畈eld, type the absolute path of the FTP Folder,
where backups will be stored.
Type a text string in Filename Pre畈x. This text is prepended to each backup
畈lename for easy recognition on the backup system. For example, if you
type NSXBCKP, the resulting backup 畈le will be  named as
NSXBCKPHH_MM_SS_DayDDMonYYYY.
Type the pass phrase to secure the backup and Click OK.

CATEGORIES

Select Category

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Click on Change next to Scheduling to schedule the backup of  NSX Manager

Data.

Specify the below details to Schedule the NSX Manager Data:

From the Backup Frequency drop-down menu, select Hourly, Daily, or

Weekly based on your requirement. The Day of Week, Hour of Day, and
Minute drop-down menus are disabled based on the selected frequency.
For example, if you select Daily, the Day of Week drop-down menu is
disabled as this 畈eld is not applicable to a daily frequency.
I prefer to do Weekly backup.For a weekly backup, select the day of the
week and hour and Minute that the data should be backed up.
Click Schedule to save the NSX Manager backup schedule.

Click on Change settings for Exclude Option to exclude any of the data during
NSX Manager Backup.

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For Demo Purpose, I have excluded the Flow Records from the NSX Manager
backup. and click on OK.

All Backup Settings are con畈gured. Click on Backup to initiate

the immediate backup of NSX Manager.

Click on Start to start the backup.

Once Backup is completed, You will be able to see the Last backup information
like Filename, date and Size of the backup 畈le.

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I can see the same information ,when i browse towards the FTP server backup
directory.

Restore NSX Manager Data:

To Restore the NSX Manager Data, Select one of the Backup 畈le and click on
Restore option to restore the NSX Manager Data.

Restoring NSX Manager data will require restart of server and Appliance
management will be unavailable for sometime. Click on Yes. That it.  NSX
Manager Data will be restored.

That’s it.I hope this is informative for you. Thanks for Reading!!!. Be Social and
Share it in social media, if you feel worth sharing it.

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