Looking for any pre-requisites and the steps to setup VCSA (7.x) backup over SFTP
Yes you can configure file level back up by using SFTP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDj-R99b6sY&t=70s
https://virtualizationreview.com/articles/2017/03/20/how-to-back-up-a-vcenter-server-appliance.aspx