A proper backup of all NSX components is important to get the system back in a working state in the event of failure, disaster, or before doing any major changes, such as an upgrade. There are multiple places where we can perform a backup in NSX, listed as follows:
- NSX Manager
- NSX Firewall Rules
- NSX Service Composer
The VMware recommended and supported procedure for performing backup and restore is through the native NSX Manager's backup and restore facility. The native NSX Manager backup requires a remote FTP or SFTP server to store the backup file. The NSX Manager backup contains all of the NSX components configuration, from the manager itself to controllers, logical switches, routing components, edge services gateway, NSX DFW, and all other NSX configurations within the manager. The following diagram depicts the overall NSX backup and restore architecture...
