In addition to backing up each Guest, it It is recommended to perform periodic backups of your flexVDI Manager instance, and keep it in a safe place. By following this best practice, if you need to do a complete restore of all your environment, you won't need to define every logical object created on your infrastructure again. There are two tools that can help you doing a backup of the flexVDI Manager instance:
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- Launch flexVDI Config running flexvdi-config command from the command line.
- Select Manager from the menu
- Select Backup.
- Enter the password for your instance of flexVDI Manager. The default password is flexvdi.
- Enter the path where the backup file will be stored.
- Enter the name of the backup file.
- The backup process will automatically start. You will be informed of the result of the operation, and the full path of the backup.
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- Select Manager from the main menu.
- Select Restore.
- Enter the password for your instance of flexVDI Manager.
- Select the path where the backup file is stored.
- Select the backup file that you want to restore.
- flexVDI Config will ask for confirmation before restoring the backup. This operation can not be undone.
- Then a progress bar will appear informing about the restoration process, and in the end a message will indicate when the backup is restored.