Principles
- Understand how to backup and recover various components
- Schedule backups
- Export/Restore vSphere Distributed Switch configuration
- Import/Export Service Composer profiles
- Perform NSX Manager backup and restore operations
References
- NSX Administration Guide
http://pubs.vmware.com/NSX-62/topic/com.vmware.ICbase/PDF/nsx_62_admin.pdf
Understand how to backup and recover various components
- Image based backup no configuration
- Edge configs can also be downloaded via API
- NSX Manager configuration backup: Manage -> Backups and Restore
- FTP or SFTP
- Pass Phrase: encryption key for backups – do not lose!
Optionally exclude Audit Logs, System Events and Flow Records
Schedule backups
- NSX Manager -> Manage -> Backups and Restore: Scheduling
e.g. Midnight every Sunday
Export/Restore vSphere Distributed Switch configuration
vDS -> Actions -> Settings -> Export/Restore Configuration
Option to Export Switch config only or include Port Groups
Exported file saved as a zip file.
Restore function also has option to restore switch only or include port groups
Import/Export Service Composer profiles
- NSX -> Service Composer -> Security Policies -> More -> Import/Export Configuration
- Multiple Policies can be exported simultaneously
Perform NSX Manager backup and restore operations
- Backup: NSX Manager -> Manage -> Backups & Restore -> Backup
- Restore: NSX Manager -> Manage -> Backups & Restore -> Restore
New NSX Manager must be on same version as the one being restored
Passphrase specified in backup configuration required to restore configuration
Over-writes entire NSX configuration and may require Host service synchronization to re-install VIBs or sync Firewall services