You can use the command line to back up your OpenStack deployment.
You can see the following items being backed up:
- Configurations for OpenStack components.
- OpenStack control plane database.
- Deployment secrets.
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Note: For information about backing up Cinder, see Cinder Volume Backup.
To back up your deployment using GUI, you can perform the following steps:
- Log in to the Integrated OpenStack Manager as the
admin
user. - In the OpenStack Deployment, click the name of your deployment and open the Manage tab.
- On the Settings tab, click Backup.
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.
Note: You can trigger only one backup at the same time.