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martinwa
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Backup ESX network configuration

How do I backup a host's network configuration?

iscsi, service console etc...

Best regards

Martin

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AndreTheGiant
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One (partial) solution is use Hosts Profile (but are not a "real" config backup tool).

Another solution could be run on your hosts some command like this:

esxcfg-vswitch -l

esxcfg-vmnic -l

and save the output somewhere.

Or you can make a backup of this file:

/etc/vmware/esx.conf

Andre

Andrew | http://about.me/amauro | http://vinfrastructure.it/ | @Andrea_Mauro

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AndreTheGiant
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One (partial) solution is use Hosts Profile (but are not a "real" config backup tool).

Another solution could be run on your hosts some command like this:

esxcfg-vswitch -l

esxcfg-vmnic -l

and save the output somewhere.

Or you can make a backup of this file:

/etc/vmware/esx.conf

Andre

Andrew | http://about.me/amauro | http://vinfrastructure.it/ | @Andrea_Mauro
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martinwa
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thank you Smiley Happy

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