Backing up a Horizon Connection Server

The information required to restore a Horizon Connection Server is stored in two different databases:

  • Horizon Connection Server AD LDS database
  • vCenter Server database

Horizon Composer, described in Chapter 3, Implementing Horizon Composer, also uses a database that contains critical Horizon configuration information. Horizon installations that utilize Horizon Composer will also need to back up the Composer database as part of their backup and recovery plan.

Backing up the vCenter Server database

The vCenter Server database should be backed up using whatever method is available within your environment. This includes options such as:

  • Native backups based on the capabilities of the database platform, such as Microsoft ...

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