Supported Backup and Recovery Strategies for Aria Suite Lifecycle Manager 8.x Appliance

Products

• VCF Operations

Issue/Introduction

Enquiries are made regarding the supported backup solutions for the Aria suite Lifecycle manager 8.x appliance, specifically concerning the sufficiency of vCenter snapshots, the need for third-party utilities, and the ability to recover from severe system corruption or cyber attacks.

Environment

Aria Suite Lifecycle Manager 8.x

Resolution

• There is no inbuilt, native, or application-level backup utility available within the Aria Suite Lifecycle Manager appliance.
• Implement a third-party backup solution to obtain a full and consistent appliance backup.
• Do not rely on vCenter snapshots (live or offline) as a substitute for a robust, long-term backup strategy. Retaining vCenter snapshots long-term can degrade storage performance and cause service instability.