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 |