Now that thevCSA5.5is production ready and the embedded Postgres DB supports 100 host and 3000 VMs, the next question is how do I safelybackupthevCSAappliance?
Thanks,
-MattG
No recommendations for vCSA backup?
Also, how do you restore using VDP if vCenter is down/needs to be restored?
-MattG
Hey MattG,
you can backup the VCSA using VDP. Not sure if I would recommend it though.
In case your VCSA crashes, you would have to deploy a new Appliance, add your ESXi host and register the VDP appliance to the new VCSA. Then you can do a restore.
Duncan wrote a short blog post about it: http://www.yellow-bricks.com/2012/09/19/my-vcenter-server-5-1-appliance-crashed-and-i-was-using-vdp-...
I would rather choose a backup solution for VCSA that's able to restore without a running vCenter Server. Can't tell you which one though, as I'm still running the Windows vCenter in production
Tim