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Restore NSX Manager from a File-Based Backup

You restore the file-based backup of the first NSX Manager cluster node to the newly-deployed NSX Manager instance.

UI Procedure

  1. In a Web browser, log in to the newly-deployed first NSX Manager cluster node by using the user interface as an
    Enterprise Administrator
    .
  2. On the main navigation bar, click
    System
    .
  3. In the left navigation pane, under
    Lifecycle management
    , click
    Backup & Restore
    .
  4. In the
    NSX configuration
     pane, under
    SFTP server
    , click
    Edit
    .
  5. In the
    Backup configuration
     dialog box, enter the details for your backup server, and click
    Save
    .
  6. Under
    Backup history
    , select the source backup, and click
    Restore
    .
  7. During the restore, when prompted, reject adding NSX Manager nodes by clicking
    I understand
     and
    Resume
    .
  8. If a
    Confirm CM/VC Connectivity
     dialog box appears, click
    I understand the message mentioned above and wish to proceed
    , and click
    Resume
    .
  9. If a fabric node discovery time out dialog box appears, click
    Resume
     to continue the restore.

PowerShell Procedure

  1. Start Windows PowerShell.
  2. Replace the values in the sample code with your values and run the commands in the PowerShell console.
    $extractedSDDCDataFile = ".\extracted-sddc-data.json"
$workloadDomain ="sfo-m01"
$sftpServer ="10.50.5.66"
$sftpUser ="svc-vcf-bkup"
$sftpPassword ="VMw@re1!"
$sftpServerBackupPath ="/media/backups"
$backupPassphrase ="VMw@re1!VMw@re1!"
  3. Perform the configuration by running the command in the PowerShell console.
    Invoke-NSXManagerRestore -extractedSDDCDataFile $extractedSDDCDataFile -workloadDomain $workloadDomain -sftpServer $sftpServer -sftpUser $sftpUser -sftpPassword $sftpPassword -sftpServerBackupPath $sftpServerBackupPath -backupPassphrase $backupPassphrase

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