FBBR – Troubleshooting – Using Self Backup

To troubleshoot if it’s a backup server issue or issue with any of vCenter components or a backup of vCenter is required but no backup architecture in place, you can backup the VCSA locally to itself using the following protocols in the following versions:

6.5 / 6.7 : SCP

7.0 / 8.0 : SFTP

Change the default shell of vCenter’s root account to bash shell

# chsh -s /bin/bash root

6.5 / 6.7

We can use the vCenter and ESXi as a SCP Server.

vCenter

ESXi

scp://<ESXi_IP>/vmfs/volumes/<Datastore_Name>

7.0 / 8.0

Use vCenter as backup location

In the Series:

• File-Based Backup and Restore – vCenter
• FBBR – Troubleshooting – Using Self Backup
• FBBR – Troubleshooting – FTP Backup
• FBBR – Troubleshooting – FTP Retention
• FBBR – Troubleshooting – FTPS Backup
• FBBR – Troubleshooting – FTPS Retention
• FBBR – Troubleshooting – HTTP
• FBBR – Troubleshooting – HTTPS Backup
• FBBR – Troubleshooting – HTTPS Retention
• FBBR – Troubleshooting – SCP
• FBBR – Troubleshooting – SFTP
• FBBR – Troubleshooting – SFTP Backup
• FBBR – Troubleshooting – SFTP Retention
• FBBR – Troubleshooting – NFS Backup
• FBBR – Troubleshooting – SMB Backup
• FBBR – Troubleshooting – SMB – 6.x/Upto 7.0U3e
• FBBR – Troubleshooting – SMB – From 7.0U3f/8.x
• File-Based Backup and Restore – Strict Certificate Validation
• File-Based Backup and Restore – Steps to Restore
• File-Based Backup and Restore – VCHA