Backup, Rollback, and Query Operations
If you are using a VmwareDistributedVirtualSwitch, you can perform backup and rollback operations on the switch and its associated distributed virtual portgroups.
When you reconfigure a VMware distributed virtual switch (ReconfigureDvs_Task), the server saves the current switch configuration before applying the configuration updates. The saved switch configuration includes portgroup configuration data. The server uses the saved switch configuration as a checkpoint for rollback operations. You can rollback the switch or portgroup configuration to the saved configuration, or you can rollback to a backup configuration (EntityBackupConfig).
- To backup the switch and portgroup
configuration, use the
DistributedVirtualSwitchManager.DVSManagerExportEntity_Task
method. The export method produces a
EntityBackupConfig object. The
backup configuration contains the switch and/or portgroups specified in the
SelectionSetparameter. To backup the complete configuration you must select the distributed virtual switch and all of its portgroups. - To rollback the switch configuration, use the DVSRollback_Task method to determine if the switch configuration has changed. If it has changed, use the ReconfigureDvs_Task method to complete the rollback operation.
- To rollback the portgroup configuration, use the DistributedVirtualPortgroup.DVPortgroupRollback_Task method to determine if the portgroup configuration has changed. If it has changed, use the ReconfigureDVPortgroup_Task method to complete the rollback operation.
To perform query operations on a distributed virtual switch, use the DistributedVirtualSwitchManager methods.