Backing up the vCenter Server components
vCenter and its components have become a critical piece of the virtual infrastructure. The vCenter Server is no longer just the management interface. Provisioning, protection, and the overall availability of the environment rely on the availability of the vCenter Server.
In order to recover the vCenter Server components in the event of an outage that results in data loss or data corruption, it is necessary to perform backups of the databases and the vCenter Server configurations. The PSC and vCenter Server each have specific configuration information that should be backed up.
The frequency of backups depends on the Recovery Point Objective (RPO) requirement that has been defined for the management environment. ...
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