How to Backup vCenter v7 using the SMB protocol
VMware vCenter is a vital management tool for your VMware environment. Are you backing it up? No? Well, read-on.
Introduction
In this post, I will write about using the file-based backup feature in vCenter v7.0. Surprisingly, this feature has been available since vCenter 6.5. But, until recently, I hadn’t heard much about it.
Before getting started, you should read through the list of considerations and limitations of using file-based backups for vCenter. You can find the entire list on VMware’s documentation site.
