Architecting a vCloud Director Solution : Recoverability : 9.2 Management Cluster
   
9.2 Management Cluster
For vCloud management, traditional methods can be used to back up physical and virtual machines. The following table lists the backup options for various components.
Table 14. Backup of Management Components
Item
Notes
vCloud Director cells
Image level backup of (stateless) vCloud Director cell.
Protection of sensitive files (global.properties and responses.properties located in $VCLOUD_HOME/etc/ directory) and certificates.
Database backups of the vCloud Director database.
NSX Manager
Backup of NSX configuration and database to an FTP or SFTP site using the built-in user interface option in NSX Manager.
vCenter Server instances
Image level backups of vCenter Server systems.
Built in backup of vCenter Server Appliance.
Databases
Database backup best practices from the database vendor.
ESXi hosts
vCenter Server Host Profiles.
 
Note Restoration of all components must be made to the same point in time to protect from inconsistencies that must be resolved manually.