Backup and Restore Protocols for
vCenter Server

The
vCenter Server
backup and restore feature supports a number of plug-in communication protocols.
Choose one of these protocols as the backup location type when you invoke the operation.
  • FTP
  • FTPS
  • SCP
  • HTTP
  • HTTPS
  • NFS
  • SMB
The value
PATH
for the location type field indicates a locally mounted volume.
If you specify the
SCP
protocol, you must specify an absolute path as the value of the location type field when you create the backup job.