cfgbackup while locked down mode

[Thushyaa]

Hi All,

I was able to do backup using without locked down mode, now i have enabled the locked down mode and need to continue the backup, could i do this while the server is in locked down mode ? i mean using vcenter pass through / access ?

Thank you.

[Dave_Mishchenko]

Are you using the vCLI or PowerCLI? With Lockdown Mode you have to pass your commands through vCenter Server. For PowerCLI you would connect to vCenter Server and run the following:

 Set-VMHostFirmware -VMHost esx01.mishchenko.net -BackupConfiguration -DestinationPath c:\tmp\ 

For the vCLI you can no longer run vicfg-cfgbackup as the command must make a direct connection to the host. The following commands from the vCLI must connect directly to the host for the 4.1 release:

vicfg-snmp

vifs

vicfg-user

vicfg-cfgbackup

vihostupdate

vmkfstools

esxcli

vicfg-ipsec

If you look at the parameters list for these commands you can see that they lack the --vihost / -h option.




Dave

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[Thushyaa]

Thanks Dave,

How to specify a file name ? how could restore one of many configuration backup files ?

[Dave_Mishchenko · Accepted solution]

With Set-VMHostFirmware you don't specify a filename, but just the path to use. The backup process will generate a filename like configBundle-esx01.mishchenko.net.tgz. If you're automating this process you would want to rename the file once it has been created. When you use the command to restore a backup, you do require a specific file name.

Dave

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[Thushyaa]

Any simple way rename the files with appending date & time values to keep them unique ?

thanks again.