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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, SFTP, NFS, or
SMB.
For FTP, FTPS, HTTP, or HTTPS the path is relative to the home directory
configured for the service.
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.
Results
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.
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