You can use the command line to back up your OpenStack deployment.
Important: The temporary configuration file created in this procedure contains the
vCenter Server credentials in plaintext. For security purposes, delete this file after the backup is finished.
The following items are backed up:
- Configurations for OpenStack components
- OpenStack control plane database
- Deployment secrets
For information about backing up Cinder, see Configure the Backup Service for Cinder.
Prerequisites
Create a content library in your vCenter Server instance. For information about content libraries, see Using Content Libraries.
Procedure
Results
A backup of your deployment is saved to the content library that you specified in the backup configuration file.