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Follow your site policy for backing up load balancers, keeping in mind the preservation of network
topology and vRealize Automation backup planning.
As a best practice, always back up your load balancer when you back up the Identity Appliance.
Backing Up IaaS Components
The system administrator backs up IaaS components. Use these guidelines to plan backups.
You can back up IaaS components by taking a snapshot or by copying configuration files to a second
location. If you choose to copy files, copy back up components in the following order:
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Agents and DEMs
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Manager Service
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Websites
For agents, back up the following information:
1 The agent name.
2 The endpoint name. Note that this is different from the endpoint address.
3 The following files located in the Agent's installation folder (<vCAC Folder>\Agents\<Agent
Name>\):
- VRMAgent.exe.config file
- RepoUtil.exe.config file
For agents, back up the following information:
1 The agent name.
2 The endpoint name. Note that this is different from the endpoint address.
3 The following files located in the Agent's installation folder (<vCAC Folder>\Agents\<Agent
Name>\):
- VRMAgent.exe.config file
- RepoUtil.exe.config file
For DEMs, back up the following information:
1 The agent name.
2 The following files located in the DEM's installation folder (<vCAC Folder>\Distributed
Execution Manager\<DEM Name>\):
- ManagerService.exe.config file
- policy.config file
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