Backing Up and Restoring SDDC
Manager and NSX Manager
SDDC
Manager
and NSX ManagerRegular backups of the management VMs are important to avoid downtime and data loss in
case of a system failure. If a VM does fail, you can restore it to the last backup.
You can backup and restore
SDDC
Manager
with an image-based or a file-based
solution. File-based backup is recommended for customers who are comfortable with
configuring backups using APIs, and are not using composable servers. For a file-based backup of SDDC Manager VM, the
state of the VM is exported to a file that is stored in a domain different than the one
where the product is running. You can configure a backup schedule for the SDDC Manager
VM and enable task-based (state-change driven) backups. When task-based backups are
enabled, a backup is triggered after each SDDC Manager task (such as workload domain and
host operations or password rotation).
You can also
define a backup retention policy to comply with your company's retention policy. For
more information, see the
VMware
Cloud Foundation on Dell EMC VxRail API Reference Guide
.By default, NSX Manager file-based backups
are taken on the SFTP server that is built into
SDDC
Manager
. It is recommended that you configure an external SFTP server
as a backup location for the following reasons: - An external SFTP server is a prerequisite for restoring SDDC Manager file-based backups.
- Using an external SFTP server provides better protection against failures because it decouples NSX backups from SDDC Manager backups.
This section of the documentation provides
instructions on backing up and restoring
SDDC
Manager
, and on configuring the built-in automation of NSX backups.
For information on backing up and restoring a full-stack SDDC, see VMware
Validated Design Backup and Restore
.