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Backing up a vCenter Chargeback database and configuration files (1026796)

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vCenter Chargeback does not include any runtime backup policy. Therefore, you must regularly back up the vCenter Chargeback database and configuration files. You must also back up the database and the configuration files before upgrading your existing vCenter Chargeback installation. A backup of the database and configuration files helps you restore the system and the data in the case of an upgrade failure or any system failure.

Solution

Back Up vCenter Chargeback Database

VMware does not provide any tools or specify any policy for backing up the vCenter Chargeback database. You can use the standard tools and policies provided by the database provider.
However, ensure that the same user credentials are used for backing up and restoring the database. Restoring the database might fail if you use different user credentials from the one used for backing up the database.

Back Up vCenter Chargeback Configuration Files

You must back up the vCenter Chargeback configuration files listed in the following table.

Category File Paths
vCenter Chargeback Backend
  • <Installation_Folder>\apache-tomcat-6.0.18\webapps\vCenter-CB
    You can exclude the subfolder report-cache.
  • <Installation_Folder>\apache-tomcat-6.0.18\conf
  • <Installation_Folder>\Apache2.2\conf
vCenter Chargeback Frontend
  • <Installation_Folder>\apache-tomcat-6.0.18\webapps\cbmui
Embedded Data Collectors
(Data collectors installed along with vCenter Chargeback.)
  • <Installation_Folder>\DataCollector-Embedded
  • <Installation_Folder>\VMware Cloud Director DataCollector-Embedded
  • <Installation_Folder>\vShield Manager DataCollector-Embedded

    You can exclude the logs folder from the specified folders.
Individually Installed Data Collectors
(Data collectors that are installed after installing vCenter Chargeback)
  • <Data_Collector_Installation_Path>
    The default path is C:\Program Files\VMware\<Data_Collector_Name>.
    You can exclude the logs folder from this folder.
Uninstallation Folder
  • <Installation_Folder>\Uninstall_VMware vCenter Chargeback
 

You can back up the configuration files and folders once every week. However, as a best practice, back up the vCenter Chargeback database every day.

Keywords

backup chargeback database, backup chargeback configuration files

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