Overview

Explains how to back up and restore Catalyst Center VA data. Covers the steps to configure and restore backups.

About backup and restore

Describes how to use the backup and restore functions to create backup files for system recovery or migration.

Backup and restore—hardware appliance to VA

Outlines high-level steps for backing up data from a Catalyst Center hardware appliance and restoring the data to a Catalyst Center VA.

Backup and restore—VA to VA

Lists the prerequisites and high-level steps to back up data from a source Catalyst Center VA and restore it to a target Catalyst Center VA, including network reachability and cloud backup server access requirements.

Configure a backup

Provides step-by-step instructions to configure an NFS backup server, establish a mount path with an encryption passphrase, and schedule automated backups through the Catalyst Center GUI.

Restore a backup

Provides step-by-step instructions to restore a backup to a Catalyst Center VA using the Catalyst Center GUI.