Backup and Restore Protocols for
vCenter Server
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.