Infrastructure Backup and Restore Design Decisions
The following table lists the infrastructure backup and restore design decisions made for this architecture design.
Table 82. Infrastructure Backup and Restore Related Design Decisions
| Decision ID | Design Decision | Design Justification | Design Implication |
|---|---|---|---|
| For this design, <Customer> has made the decisions listed in this table. | |||
| vCenter Server will be backed up as a full virtual machine backup. | Simplifies the recovery procedure. | Veeam backup needs to be provided by <Customer>. | | | Distributed virtual switches will be backed up manually so that they can be quickly restored in the case of errors. | Simple backup and recovery procedure will save time. | None | | | Management virtual machines are backed up using the company corporate policy. | No change as a result of this design. | None. | | | Export the VMware Integrated OpenStack instance configuration to config.xml. | No change as a result of this design. | None. | | | Run periodically the viocli backup command to back up the OpenStack instance. | To back up your OpenStack management server and database. | Needs an NFS backup target. |