Vcenter 6.5 appliance remote backup powercli

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Warning:В Everything I say and do in these blogs or videosВ are subject to mistake and criticism. Author is not liable for any damages whatsoever arising out of the use of or inability to use the sample scripts or documentation. Microsoft Azure Rest API using PowerShell Part 2Дisclaimer: All the steps and scripts shown in my posts are tested on non-productionВ servers first.В All the scripts provided on my blogs are comes without any warranty, The entire risk and impacts arising out of the use or performance of the sample scripts and documentation remains with you. VMware ansible Error couldn't resolve module community.vmware PowerCLI oneliner get the list of users and groups from vCenter SSO VCenter ui sorry this website doesn't exist 404 not found

#Vcenter 6.5 appliance remote backup powercli install

Unable to save IP settings Install Stage 2 Set up vCenter Server configurationДЄdd a Trusted Root Certificate to the Certificate Store VMware Photon OS VMware vCenter server Error no healthy upstream Install an SSL-TLS Certificate In Microsoft IIS web server Install and Configure IIS Web Server on Windows Server Patching the vCenter Server Appliance VCSA Once backup is completed this is how the backed up data looks like on the shared folder, In case of any critical non recoverable issues I can use it toВ restore reinstall vCenter server easily from VCSAВ ISO. It takes time depending on the backup size to complete. In the Activity you can monitorВ the progress status of backup.

Provide it a optional description and click Start. In the Backup Now wizard I will use backup location and user name from backup scheduleВ created earlier. To demostrate I will start ad-hoc backup with BACKUP NOW link. TheВ Backup Schedule is created, It will automatically start backup at its schedule day and time, ( Note you can only create one backup schedule) If it is require you can Disable it as well for some maintenance. (You have option to select backup frequency to daily, weekly and monthly) Before clicking Create, Check the size and make sure you have enough space on the SMB file share server. Only the option I will change is Number of backups to retain, I will keep retain last 15 backups. All other options Schedule, Encrypt Backup (optional), DB health check, Data options are self explonatory, I will keep all them default. In the Backup server credentialsВ User name provide it using format. In the Backup location provide url as Protocol://FileShareServer/SharedBackupFolder. Click CONFIGURE link to configure Backup Schedule.

Open VMware vCenter Server Management Vami portal with 5480 port and Login. Microsoft Windows SMB file and folders sharing is configured.

#Vcenter 6.5 appliance remote backup powercli full

Next in the Security tab proceed with the same steps to provide full controlВ permissions to user service account. Next in the Share Permissions, select Full Control allow check box click OK twice. Click Add button.Д®nter the object names to select and click Check Names. In the directory properties go to Sharing tab, click Advanced Sharing button, then go to Permissions. On the File server Create a new folder, I will name it vc_backups, right click on it and go to Properties. Click Next, in the last page verify the settings, and click Finish.

#Vcenter 6.5 appliance remote backup powercli password

on the next page provide passwordВ and select Password never expires. Provide First name, Full name, User logon name as vc_backup. HereВ I will setup oneВ SMB file share on Microsoft windows as it is very easy to setup and configure.Д«efore starting configuration I have created an user object (service account) on active directory domain controller, Open dsa.dsc on AD, go to the Orgnizational Unit where you want to create user,В right click on the empty area. The protocols supported for backup are FTPS, HTTPS, SFTP, FTP, NFS, SMB and HTTP. Before taking a backup, a backup server must be set up and configured such that the vCenter server has access to it. This way one can ensure incase of any non fixable criticalВ issues oneВ can recover/rebuildВ vCenter server easily.

#Vcenter 6.5 appliance remote backup powercli update

While working on my previous tasks Patching update VMware vCenter Server Appliance from a zipped update bundle Web server, there was a constant needВ to always take backup of vCenter server appliance before doing any update/upgrade or maintenance activity (This is also aВ good practice to always take backup of your systems).