How to take a Snapshot of VMware Identity Manager

Products

• VCF Operations/Automation (formerly VMware Aria Suite)

Issue/Introduction

This article provides steps to take a snapshot of VMware Identity Manager from vSphere.

Environment

VMware Identity Manager: 3.3.7

Resolution

1. Login to the vCenter UI.
2. Locate the VMware Identity Manager Primary node.
3. Right-Click on the  Primary node and select Snapshot > Take Snapshot.
4. Enter a Name and Description for the snapshot.
5. Uncheck Snapshot the virtual machine's memory check box.
6. Uncheck Quiesce guest file system(requires VM tools) check box.
7. Click Create.
8. Repeat steps 2-7 on all remaining nodes of the VMware Identity Manager cluster

Note: 

Remove all snapshots as soon as they are no longer needed.

Snapshots existing for longer than 72 hours will cause performance issues. Check Best practices for using VMware snapshots in the vSphere environment for more details.