Setup vCenter FBBR to Nutanix FILES

Step 1: Create a Share

  1. Log in to Prism Element where FILES is deployed, and go to File Server from Home in the upper right. Click on your File Server and click Launch Files Console.
  2. In the Files Console, click Shares, then Create a New Share.
    • You want to create a Standard share NOT a Distributed share
  3. Give the share a Name, I am going to use vCSA-Backup-01, change the Primary Protocol Access to NFS, and click Next
  4. Leave all the Setting as is and click Next
  5. Click Create on the Summary screen

Step 2: Log into the VMware Appliance Management Interface (VAMI) of the vCenter Server Appliance. Open a web browser and go to https://<vCenter_FQDN>:5480

Step 4: Go to Backup on the left side and click CONFIGURE on the right

Step 6: Backup Now

  • Once you click Create, you will be sent back to the Backup screen. From here you have two options:
    • First, you could just let the Backup Schedule do its job and take the vCenter backup
    • Or Second, you can click Backup Now, if you want to take a backup immediately.
      • Click Backup Now
      • Click the checkbox Use backup location and username from backup schedule. This will take the info you have already entered in Create Backup Schedule in Step 5 and import it here. Then enter the password to the backup server.
      • Click Start

On the summary screen, you can see the Backup Schedule you created and all the backup Activities.

  • Backups that the schedule take are listed as Scheduled
  • Backups that are taken with Backup Now are listed as Manual