Use the viocli backup command to create a backup of either manager server data or the OpenStack database. This command requires an NFS server to be available for the VMware Integrated OpenStack CL to mount.
The viocli backup command uses the following syntax.
viocli backup mgmt_server [-d NAME] NFS_VOLUME [-h] [-v] viocli backup openstack_db [-d NAME] NFS_VOLUME [-h] [-v]
Parameter |
Mandatory or Optional |
Description |
|---|---|---|
-d, --deployment NAME |
Automatic |
Name of deployment to use. Applied automatically. The default value is the name of the current deployment. |
NFS_VOLUME |
Mandatory |
Name or IP address of the target NFS volume and directory in the format remote_host:remote_dir. For example: 192.168.1.77:/backups |
-h, --help |
Optional |
Show the use and arguments for this command. |
-v, --verbose |
Optional |
Enter verbose mode. |
The backup file of the VMware Integrated OpenStack management server is labeled with the time stamp vio_ms_yyyymmddhhmmss. The backup file of the VMware Integrated OpenStack database is labeled with the time stamp vio_os_db_yyyymmddhhmmss.