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You're reading from VMware NSX Cookbook Over 70 recipes to master the network virtualization skills to implement, validate, operate, upgrade, and automate VMware NSX for vSphere

Product type Paperback

Published in Mar 2018

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781782174257

Length 584 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

Python

Tools

VMware NSX

Concepts

Cloud Computing

Authors (2):

Tony Sangha

Bayu Wibowo

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Table of Contents (14) Chapters

Preface

1. Getting Started with VMware NSX for vSphere FREE CHAPTER

2. Configuring VMware NSX Logical Switch Networks

3. Configuring VMware NSX Logical Routing

4. Configuring VMware NSX Layer 2 Bridging

5. Configuring VMware NSX Edge Services Gateway

6. Configuring VMware NSX Distributed Firewall (DFW) and SpoofGuard

7. Configuring Cross-vCenter NSX

8. Backing up and Restoring VMware NSX Components

9. Managing User Accounts in VMware NSX

10. Upgrading VMware NSX

11. Managing and Monitoring VMware NSX Platform

12. Leveraging the VMware NSX REST API for Management and Automation

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Restoring NSX Manager

In the event of an NSX Manager failure, a fresh NSX Manager can be redeployed and existing configuration can be restored from a backup file.

Getting ready

As mentioned in the previous recipe, it is also important to ensure vCenter server and NSX Manager are restored to the same restore point to avoid any inconsistencies in either appliance's database.

The NSX Manager restore procedure is meant to be performed on a freshly deployed NSX Manager that is the exact same build version as that of the previous backup's NSX Manager. For detailed steps on how to deploy an NSX Manager, see Chapter 1, Getting Started with VMware NSX for vSphere.

Note

VMware recommends restoring a backup on a freshly deployed NSX Manager. Restoring to an existing NSX Manager may work; however, it is not officially supported.

Once the NSX Manager is deployed, the next step would be configuring the Backup & Restore settings so it can retrieve the existing backup file. Make sure NSX Manager has access...