Appendix F: Business Continuity : Infrastructure Backup/Restore
   
Infrastructure Backup/Restore
Synchronize the backup of all vCloud infrastructure components, for instance, with snapshots, VADP, or other backup tools. Quiesce all databases at the same time before taking snapshots or creating backups. A database that is out of sync can cause a recovery nightmare. See the following table for recommended protection policies.

Table 19. Recommended Protection Policies
Data
Type
Description
Data Protection Policy
vCloud Director installation files
Infrastructure
Static information consists of product binaries for each cell.
VM snapshot
Frequency – Once
vCloud Director log files
Infrastructure
Dynamic information generated by each cell. Located in $VCLOUD_HOME/logs. Multicell installations would use a syslog server to centralize log files.
File-level backup
Frequency – periodic
vCloud Director configuration file
Infrastructure
Dynamic information for each cell. File is $VCLOUD_HOME/etc/global.properties.
File level backup
Frequency – on change, periodic
vCloud Director VC Proxy
Infrastructure
Stateless
None
vCloud Director Console Proxy
Infrastructure
Stateless
None
vCloud Director Database Server
Infrastructure
Dynamic information shared by all cells. The database instance may be shared wƒith other applications.
vCloud database schema level backup
Frequency – periodic
vCenter Server installation files
Infrastructure
Static information consists of product binaries, and configuration files. See Backup vCenter Chargeback database and configuration files (http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1026796).
VM snapshot
Frequency – Once
vCenter Server Log Files
Infrastructure
Dynamic generation generated by each vCenter Server.
File level backup
Frequency – periodic
vCenter Database Server
Infrastructure
Dynamic information shared by all cells. There may be multiple database servers in a multi-VC configuration.
vCenter database schema level backup
Frequency – periodic
vCloud Organizations
Content
Dynamic information virtual datacenter, networks, vApps, virtual machines, users, catalogs.
vCloud REST API
Frequency – periodic
vCloud Provider Resources
Content
Provider virtual datacenters, provider networks, network pools.
vCloud REST API
Frequency – periodic
Orchestrator Application database
 
Orchestration
Contains the workflow engine library (workflows, actions, policy templates, configuration elements, resource elements, web views) and the workflow engine current state (workflows status, events).
Very frequently
Orchestrator Plug-ins databases
Orchestration
Contains plug-ins database objects.
Very frequently
Orchestrator Application and plug-ins configuration
Orchestration
Contains the configuration.
Upon configuration change
Orchestrator Application and plug-ins
Orchestration
Contains the vCenter Orchestrator Server application.
Upon application or plug-ins upgrade
Orchestrator Application logs
Orchestration
Contains the vCenter Orchestrator Server logs.
Very frequently