FI restore question

[fly]

I know Ucs fi backup full-state create a snapshot of system and system config

is this snapshot same as VMware snapshot including system state and data?

when i restore at setup can I restore whole system software as backup ,snapshot,system config from full-state backup and restore software version as I create backup full-state

thankyou

Tom

[Kirk J]

From https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/ucs-manager/GUI-User-Guides/Admin-Management/4-2/b_Cisco_UCS_Admin_Mgmt_Guide_4-2/m_backup_and_restore_configuration.html

The definition: 
Full state—A binary file that includes a snapshot of the entire system. You can use the file generated from this backup to restore the system during disaster recovery. This file can restore or rebuild the configuration on the original fabric interconnect, or recreate the configuration on a different fabric interconnect. You cannot use this file for an import.

These are 'configuration' backups only, and do not include firmware or underlying NXOS/UCSM binaries, etc

VMware snapshots are significantly different in function, and apply to the guestVMs and actual data at your OS level for guestVMs running on your Hypervisors.

Kirk...