Tag Archives: SFTP

(How-To) Setup Automatic Backups For NSX-T

We are going to walk through how to successfully configure automatic SFTP backups of our NSX-T manager as well as walk through the folder structure created during each backup and what log messages are generated so you can spot key phases of the backup being passed so you can narrow your troubleshooting if a backup failure occurs. Finally, we will walk through how to automate the cleanup of old backup files.

(How-To) Setup an OpenSSH SFTP Server to Store NSX-T Backups

We are going to walk through configuring an Ubuntu 18.04 LTS server with a dedicated service account to be used for backing up your NSX-T appliances.