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5 Enter the backup location details.
Option Description
Backup location Enter the backup location, including the protocol to use to connect to your backup
server, the port, the server address, and backup folder to store the backup files.
Use one of the following protocols: FTP, FTPS, HTTP, HTTPS, or SCP.
For FTP, FTPS, HTTP, or HTTPS the path is relative to the home directory
configured for the service. For SCP, the path is absolute to the remote systems
root directory.
Backup server credentials Enter a user name and password of a user with write privileges on the backup
server.
6 Set the schedule recurrence and time for the backup.
The recurrence can be set daily, weekly, or you can customize the schedule to run the backup on a
specific day or days of the week. You can specify the time of day to run the backup. The default time
is 11:59pm.
7 (Optional) Enter an Encryption Password if you want to encrypt your backup file.
If you select to encrypt the backup data, you must use the encryption password for the restore
procedure.
8 Select Retain all backups or enter the number of backups to retain.
The retention information provides the number of backups to retain for a given vCenter Server.
9 (Optional) Select Stats, Events, and Tasks to back up additional historical data from the database.
10 Click Create.
The backup schedule information is populated in the Backup page.
The complete and in progress backups are listed under Activity.
What to do next
You can perform an immediate backup with the existing schedule information by selecting Use backup
location and user name from backup schedule from the backup schedule on the Backup Now dialog
box.
Manually Back up a vCenter Server Appliance by Using
the vCenter Server Appliance Management Interface
You can use the vCenter Server Appliance Management Interface to back up the vCenter Server
instance. You can select whether to include historical data, such as stats, events, and tasks, in the
backup file.
Note The backup operation for a vCenter High Availability cluster, backs up only the active node.
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