Back Up NSX Intelligence

You can back up your NSX Intelligence appliance configuration files using the CLI command.

Prerequisites

• Ensure that you have an admin access to the NSX Intelligence CLI.
• Configure a backup file server. See Configure NSX Intelligence Backups.

Procedure

1. Log in with admin privileges to the NSX Intelligence CLI.
2. Create the backup.

   backup intelligence configuration

   If the backup is successful, you see a message similar to the following.

   Backup Complete. Archived at: backup_file_server-IP_address:/root/backup_archives/intelligence-config-backup-2019-07-18T07_00_26UTC.tar.gz

3. You can view the progress of the backup using another CLI session.
   1. Log in to another NSX Intelligence CLI session.
   2. Enter the following command.

      get log-file node-mgmt.log follow