Installation guide

Restore the ESX Host Configuration

If you backed up your ESX service console and VMFS files, you can restore your original ESX host configuration.

Procedure

1 Reinstall the original version of ESX on the host. See the Installation Guide.

2 Restore the backed-up service console and local VMFS files.

See http://www.vmware.com/resources/techresources/610.

Restore the ESXi Host Configuration

If you created a backup of the ESXi host configuration, you can restore the configuration.

To restore a configuration on a host, you must run the vSphere CLI virtual appliance from a remote host. When

you restore the configuration, the target host must be in maintenance mode, which means all virtual machines

(including the vSphere CLI virtual appliance) must be powered off.

For more information, see the ESXi and vCenter Server Setup Guide.

For more information about the VMware vSphere Command-Line Interface and the vicfg-cfgbackup

command, see the vSphere Command-Line Interface Installation and Reference Guide.

Procedure

1 Restore the ESXi software.

Reinstall the ESXi Installable software by using the Installation CD.

Recover the ESXi Embedded software by using the Recovery CD.

2 Install the vSphere CLI.

3 In the vSphere CLI, run the vicfg-cfgbackup command with the -l flag to load the host configuration

from a specified backup file.

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