You can create an on-demand backup of your NSX Intelligence appliance configuration files using the NSX Manager user interface.

Prerequisites

Ensure that you have configured a backup file server. See Configure NSX Intelligence Backups.

Procedure

  1. From your browser, log in with enterprise administrator privileges to an NSX Manager at https://<nsx-manager-ip-address>.
  2. Select System > Backup & Restore.
  3. In the NSX Intelligence Configuration pane, click Start Backup.
  4. Click Backup in the Confirm Backup dialog box.
    On the NSX Intelligence Configuration pane, the status of the backup process is shown. Until the backup process is finished, you cannot perform any other actions on the same NSX Manager session.
    If the backup is successful, the Backup process finished successfully message is displayed. A row is added in the Backup History table with the details about the NSX appliance used to create the backup and when it was created.
    Note: The backup can only be restored using an NSX Intelligence appliance that is attached to the same NSX Manager cluster that was used to create the backup.