Using the NSX Manager user interface, you can set up an automated schedule to back up your NSX Intelligence appliance configuration files.
Recurring backups help ensure that you have up-to-date backups to restore your NSX Intelligence appliance to a most recent stable state when it becomes inoperable.
Procedure
- From your browser, log in with enterprise administrator privileges to an NSX Manager at https://<nsx-manager-ip-address>.
- Select .
- In the NSX Intelligence Configuration pane, under Schedule, click Edit.
- In the Schedule Recurring Backup dialog box, click the Recurring Backup toggle.
- In the Frequency text box, enter the backup frequency interval in minutes.
The minimum value is every
5 minutes and the maximum value is
60 minutes.
- Click Save.
In the
NSX Intelligence Configuration pane, the
Enabled indicator next to
Schedule is displayed. The value under
Schedule is updated with the backup frequency that you had specified. For example,
Every 10 minutes.
- To see if the recurring backup process has created a backup, click Refresh at the bottom-left corner of the Backup History table.