NSX CLI Guide

Debug Commands

debug backup-restore verify backup operations host-ip <hostname-or-ip-address> [port <port-number-arg>] username <backup-server-username> directory-path <directory-path> [verbose <verbose-arg>] [ssh-file <ssh-key-file-path>]

Perform Backup Operations using SSH File

Parameters:

Option Description
<hostname-or-ip-address> A hostname or IP address
<port-number> TCP/UDP port (0-65535)
<backup-server-username> Backup Server username
<directory-path> Directory Path
<verbose-arg> Verbose
<ssh-key-file-path> SSH Key File Path


Example:

nsx-manager> set debug-mode nsx-manager> debug backup-restore verify backup operations host-ip 10.182.48.235 username root directory-path /Backup ssh-file /root/.ssh/sftp_identity Certifying the SFTP server sftp> cd /Backup sftp> sftp> mkdir nsx-bkp sftp> sftp> cd nsx-bkp sftp> sftp> mkdir 9.0.2.0.24737394-IPv4-b7abe61a-8233-43db-9c21-7f5e2a4c3e48-10.162.54.84--2025-05-13T08_47_42UTC sftp> sftp> cd 9.0.2.0.24737394-IPv4-b7abe61a-8233-43db-9c21-7f5e2a4c3e48-10.162.54.84--2025-05-13T08_47_42UTC sftp> sftp> mkdir tmpdir-2025-05-13T08_47_42UTC sftp> sftp> put dummy /Backup/nsx-bkp/9.0.2.0.24737394-IPv4-b7abe61a-8233-43db-9c21-7f5e2a4c3e48-10.162.54.84--2025-05-13T08_47_42UTC/tmpdir-2025-05-13T08_47_42UTC/db.tar # Upload file Uploading dummy to /Backup/nsx-bkp/9.0.2.0.24737394-IPv4-b7abe61a-8233-43db-9c21-7f5e2a4c3e48-10.162.54.84--2025-05-13T08_47_42UTC/tmpdir-2025-05-13T08_47_42UTC/db.tar sftp> sftp> ls /Backup/nsx-bkp/9.0.2.0.24737394-IPv4-b7abe61a-8233-43db-9c21-7f5e2a4c3e48-10.162.54.84--2025-05-13T08_47_42UTC/tmpdir-2025-05-13T08_47_42UTC # List files in remote directory /Backup/nsx-bkp/9.0.2.0.24737394-IPv4-b7abe61a-8233-43db-9c21-7f5e2a4c3e48-10.162.54.84--2025-05-13T08_47_42UTC/tmpdir-2025-05-13T08_47_42UTC/db.tar sftp> sftp> get /Backup/nsx-bkp/9.0.2.0.24737394-IPv4-b7abe61a-8233-43db-9c21-7f5e2a4c3e48-10.162.54.84--2025-05-13T08_47_42UTC/tmpdir-2025-05-13T08_47_42UTC/* # Download all files from remote directory Fetching /Backup/nsx-bkp/9.0.2.0.24737394-IPv4-b7abe61a-8233-43db-9c21-7f5e2a4c3e48-10.162.54.84--2025-05-13T08_47_42UTC/tmpdir-2025-05-13T08_47_42UTC/db.tar to db.tar sftp> sftp> rm /Backup/nsx-bkp/9.0.2.0.24737394-IPv4-b7abe61a-8233-43db-9c21-7f5e2a4c3e48-10.162.54.84--2025-05-13T08_47_42UTC/tmpdir-2025-05-13T08_47_42UTC/db.tar #Deleting backed up file Removing /Backup/nsx-bkp/9.0.2.0.24737394-IPv4-b7abe61a-8233-43db-9c21-7f5e2a4c3e48-10.162.54.84--2025-05-13T08_47_42UTC/tmpdir-2025-05-13T08_47_42UTC/db.tar sftp> sftp> bye SFTP operations completed successfully.

Mode:

Basic

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