VMware Data Services Manager uses an internal vPostgres database to keep track of Provider state. You configure the object storage repository and bucket in which VMware Data Services Manager stores backups of this database by setting the Provider Backup Repo.
The Provider Backup Repo requires a minimum of 15 GB of available space.
When you configure a Provider Backup Repo, VMware Data Services Manager records the transaction logs every one minute. Additionally, VMware Data Services Manager takes a full backup of the internal vPostgres database every 7 days and takes an incremental backup every 12 hours until the next weekly cycle.
VMware Data Services Manager stores the Provider backups in a folder named provider-backups-<node-id>
in the Provider Backup Repo bucket that you configure. The full and incremental backup files use the following naming formats:
yyyy-mm-dd-hh-mm-full-id-<database-instance-name>
And
yyyy-mm-dd-hh-mm-inc-id-<database-instance-name>
VMware Data Services Manager does not manage the Provider backup files; when you configure a Provider Backup Repo, you are responsible for deleting any backups that you no longer require directly from S3.
Configuring the Provider Backup Repo
Perform the following procedure to configure or update the Provider Backup object store repository.
Prerequisites
Before you configure the Provider backup repository, ensure that you have the object store credentials on hand, and that you can identify and have pre-created the bucket.
The Provider backup repository endpoint must be resolvable by the DNS server specified at the time of Provider VM deployment.
Procedure
Removing the Provider Backup Repo Setting
When you remove the Provider Backup Repo setting, VMware Data Services Manager stops backing up the Provider internal vPostgres database.
If you remove the Provider Backup Repo setting, you no longer have the capability to recover the Provider VM in your VMware Data Services Manager installation.
Perform the following procedure to remove the Provider Backup object store repository setting.
Procedure
Results
You can no longer recover the Provider VM in your VMware Data Services Managerinstallation.