Determining OVA download location for restoring SDDC Manager from a file-based backup

Products

• VMware Cloud Foundation

Issue/Introduction

As of VMware Cloud Foundation 3.7.2, it now supports the file-based backup and restore capability of VMware Cloud Foundation SDDC Manager through APIs.

This article provide information on how to determine what SDDC Manager OVA is required to be downloaded for restoring an SDDC Manager backup along with providing the download location for the specific SDDC manager OVA versions.

Environment

VMware Cloud Foundation 3.7.x

Resolution

Determining the SDDC Manager OVA version required

1. Select the SDDC Manager backup file, taken previously, that will be used to recover SDDC Manager.
2. Using a machine with openssl and tar installed, run the following command against the backup file:

openssl enc -d -aes256 -in vcf-backup-sddc-manager-vrack-vsphere-local-<timestamp>.tar.gz | tar -xzp

1. Enter the aes-256-cbc decryption password used for configuring the backup.
2. Change to the directory created

cd /absolute_path_to_vcf-backup-sddc-manager-vrack-vsphere-local-<timestamp>_directory

1. Open the file metadata.json

less metadata.json

1. Search the file each of the below service values and note them:

commonsvcs
domainmanager
lcm
operationsmanger 
solutionmanager

 

Refer to the table below to determine the SDDC Manager OVA build needed to restore using the selected backup file. The table also lists the location from which to download this OVA.
 

Service Version					SDDC Manager version	SDDC Manager OVA build	Location
Common Services	Domain Manager	LCM	Operations Manager	Solution Manager
3.7.2-RELEASE-13773680	3.7.2-RELEASE-13773680	3.7.2-RELEASE-13773680	3.7.2-RELEASE-13773680	3.7.2-RELEASE-13773680	3.7.2	13774914	Download