Restore tab

Display a list of backup jobs on the Restore tab. Then select the relevant backup to restore to the selected system.

Use the Filters widget to select the storage location, relevant host, and date range you are interested in. Select Storage from the associated pull-down menu. Select Hostname from the associated pull-down menu. Click the From or To buttons to open a calendar widget. You can also enter a date directly in the From or To textboxes using the format YYYY-MM-DD.

Click the Apply reload button to search for relevant backup jobs.

You can click minus icon to collapse the Filters widget. Click plus icon to expand it.

Restore backups list

The Restore backups list displays the backup jobs that were found matching the storage location, host, and date range you provided.

The quick search field above the list provides fast, as-you-type search. It filters the rows in the list, displaying only those rows that have text, in any field, that matches the query string.

Click the reload icon to refresh the list.

Customize the number of rows to be displayed. The default is some number of entries. Use the left arrow (back) and right arrow (forward) icons to navigate through multiple pages.

The columns to be displayed in the list can be customized by clicking the additional content icon.

The list is sorted by timestamp, by default in decreasing order (latest backup at the top), and includes the following fields:

Timestamp

The date and time the backup was performed.

Config name

The name of the backup configuration.

Click the sort icon in the list header to sort the list by config name.

Storage name

The name of the backup storage location.

Click the sort icon in the list header to sort the list by size.

Backup type

The type of backup (for example, Full or Incremental).

Click the sort icon in the list header to sort the list by backup type.

Path

The path to the backup on the storage location.

Click the sort icon in the list header to sort the list by path.

Encrypted

If the backup is encrypted, this is True. At the end of the row is the Restore backup button.

Click the sort icon in the list header to sort the list by encrypted status.

Restore a backup

Select the backup to restore from the list. Click the Restore backup button of its row. Since this is a destructive action, the system forces you to confirm before the restore is started.

The Restore backup confirmation pop-up displays the Storage name, Configuration name, Backup timestamp, Backup path, Backup type, and its Encryption status. Click the checkbox before the prompt Yes, I am sure I want to restore this backup.. Then click the Restore button.

Depending on the amount of data in the backup, the restore process can take a considerable amount of time during which the User Portal interface will non-responsive. As soon as the process has completed successfully, you will be able to access the interface using one of the accounts that were restored by the backup.

Note:

The restore process reset credentials to their state at the time of backup. Any credentials that were added or modified after the time at which the backup was taken will need to be manually updated or recreated.

If the Manager was re-installed as part of the backup restore process, the system might have invalidated API credentials, such as the API-token used to access the Analyst-API. As a result, external Engine appliances need to be re-configured using the lastline_engine_config -f command. For details, refer to the VMware NSX Network Detection and Response Engine Installation and Administration Manual.

Recover from disaster

To recover from a disaster, you may need to restore a VMware NSX Network Detection and Response appliance from your backups. Contact VMware Support for assistance with licenses and other issues.

Warning:

Restoring from a backup will overwrite any data on the appliance, replacing it with the data contained in the backup.

Restoring from a backup is performed with the following steps:

  1. Install a new system with the same hostname and VMware licenses as the VMware NSX Network Detection and Response appliance from which the backups were taken. VMware Support will need to re-initialize the licenses.

  2. On the newly installed system, use the Configure storage tab to provide a storage location from which the backup will be retrieved. Most fields of this configuration will need to match the values that were previously used.

  3. On the newly installed system, select a backup and perform the restore.