vCSA 6.5 backup

[rpandey]

Hi
Can i use SP4VE to backup vCenter Server Appliance 6.5 ? If yes, can i recover vCenter from the backup?
I could not find any technote on IBM site to support my question. Thanks

Regards,
Ramesh Pandey

 

[booman55]

It's not recommended to backup the vCenter appliance with SP4VE, since the quiescing of the vCenter to do snapshot will cause issues essentially if your proxy server is a VM.

 

[inovermyhead]

It's not recommended to backup the vCenter appliance with SP4VE, since the quiescing of the vCenter to do snapshot will cause issues essentially if your proxy server is a VM.

Do you have a citation for this recommendation? I am currently backing up our 6.5 appliance and haven't had any issues.

What is the alternative?