What all should be backed up before upgrading vROps 6.5 and how to do it ?

[dcsvmware]

We need to plan the upgrade of vROps patch. However cant see any option to backup the present dashboard, reports and configuration settings to export and save. Need some assitance please.

[daphnissov]

Just snapshot the appliance(s) before you upgrade. If you need to revert, revert to the snapshot.

[Tech0Addict]

Hi,

Basically a crash-consistent snapshot will do the job , but if you want to be 100% sure about consistency , login to the admin consile (https://vrops.fqdn.name/admin)

take offline the Cluster , create a vm snapshot and then upgrade your vrops appliance.

Good Luck!

[daphnissov]

A couple of things I would add as cautions when backing up vROps:

1. Do not quiesce the VM(s).
2. Do not back up during dynamic threshold calculations. By default these begin at 2am.

[MichaelRyom]

dcsvmware​

See my blog post about how to do backup of vRops - The same is true for snapshot.

vRops Backup done right - Michael Ryom