Note:
- This tutorial requires access to Oracle Cloud. To sign up for a free account, see Get started with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Free Tier.
- It uses example values for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure credentials, tenancy, and compartments. When completing your lab, substitute these values with ones specific to your cloud environment.
Perform a backup of vCenter Appliance to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure file storage
Introduction
This tutorial is a step-by-step guide to back up a newly deployed Oracle Cloud VMware Solution vCenter 6.7 or newer to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure file storage.
Objectives
Back up vCenter Appliance to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) file storage.
Prerequisites
- Tenancy with Oracle Cloud VMware Solution deployed
- Tenancy with appropriate service limit for the file systems and mount targets
Create File System
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Log in to the Monitoring service in the Oracle Cloud Console.
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Open the navigation menu. Under Core Infrastructure, select File Storage and then click File Systems.
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Click Create File System.
You can choose to accept the system defaults, or change them by clicking Edit Details. See Creating File Systems for detailed information.
I went ahead and changed the subnet associated with my mount target to Private.
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Once you create the file system, the Export & Mount Target will also be created with the defaults.
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Click Mount Targets and select the appropriate one if you have multiple.
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On this page, we need to note the IP address (shown on the right side) and the export path (shown below).
Configure vCenter Appliance Backup
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In a web browser, go to the vCenter Server Appliance Management interface.
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Log in as root.
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Click Backup.
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Click Configure.
The back-up location is the information we copied in Create File System, step 6.
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If you choose to encrypt the backup, enter a password.
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Keep the DB Health Check check box as Enabled by default (will cause the backup to take a little longer).
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Select the number of backups to retain.
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Create the back-up schedule by clicking Create.
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Click Backup Now.
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Select the Use backup location and user name from backup schedule check box and click Start.
Within a few minutes, you should see a complete backup.
Acknowledgements
- Author - Ryan Patel (Cloud Solution Architect)
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Perform a backup of vCenter Appliance to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure file storage
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November 2021
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