vSphere Distributed Switch Backup and Restore

vSphere 6.0 offers vSphere Distributed Switch configuration backup and restore. The vSphere Distributed Switch configuration is managed through vCenter Server, and all virtual network configuration details are stored in the vCenter database. In addition to pure backup and restore, it is also very useful for replicating the virtual network configuration in another environment, or to revert to a known good configuration in the case of changes.

The following operations are supported by means of the configuration backup and restore features:

Back up vSphere Distributed Switch or port group configurations asynchronously on disk. Users can choose to save data locally or on SAN using the vSphere Web Client.

Restore vSphere Distributed Switch or port group configuration from a backup.

Create a new entity (vSphere Distributed Switch or port group) from a backup.

Immediately roll back the port group configuration to the previous settings. This is particularly useful when the configuration changes had impact on site operation and users want to revert to the last configuration before the changes were made.

Customer should plan on backing up their vSphere Distributed Switch configurations on a regular basis and after every major configuration change.