User's Manual

Managing Backup And Restore

Managing backup and restore is accomplished from the Administrative Console. Tasks on this page include:

• Configuring Backup And Restore

• Scheduling Atomatic Backups

• Performing An Immediate Backup

• Restoring The Database From Backup

Configuring Backup And Restore

The backup and restore function backs up the Dell Management Plug-in database to a remote location from which it can

be restored at a later date. Profiles, templates, and host information are included in the backup. It is recommended that

you schedule automatic backups to guard against data loss. After this procedure, you must configure a backup

schedule.

To configure backup and restore:

1. Launch a browser window, and enter the Administration Console URL displayed in the vSphere vCenter Console tab

for the virtual machine you want to configure or use the link from

Dell Management Console → Settings page. The

URL uses the following format and is case sensitive:

https://<ApplianceIPAddress>

2. In the left pane, click BACKUP AND RESTORE.

3. To edit the current backup and restore settings, click Edit.

4. In the Settings and Details page, do the following:

a) In the Backup Location text box, type the path to the backup files.

b) In the User Name text box, type the user name.

c) In the Password text box, type the password.

d) Under Enter the password used to encrypt backups, type the encrypted password in the text box.

The encryption password can contain alpha numeric characters and the following special characters: !@#$%*.

There is no length restriction.

e) In the Verify Password text box, retype the encrypted password.

5. To save these settings, click Apply.

6. Configure the backup schedule. For more information see, Scheduling Automatic Backups.

Scheduling Automatic Backups

This is the second part of configuring backup and restore. For detailed information on configuring the backup location

and credentials, see Configuring Backup And Restore.

To schedule an automatic backup:

1. Launch a browser window, and enter the Administration Console URL displayed in the vSphere vCenter Console tab

for the virtual machine you want to configure or use the link from

Dell Management Console → Settings page. The

URL uses the following format and is case sensitive:

https://<appliance IP address>

2. In the left pane, click BACKUP AND RESTORE.

3. To edit the backup and restore settings, click Edit Automatic Scheduled Backup (this makes fields active).

4. To enable the backups, click Enabled.