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Table Of Contents
- vCenter Server Installation and Setup
- Contents
- About vCenter Server Installation and Setup
- Introduction to vSphere Installation and Setup
- Overview of the vSphere Installation and Setup Process
- vCenter Server Components and Services
- Overview of the vCenter Server Appliance
- vCenter Server and Platform Services Controller Deployment Types
- Understanding vSphere Domains, Domain Names, and Sites
- Deployment Topologies with External Platform Services Controller Instances and High Availability
- vCenter Enhanced Linked Mode
- Deploying the vCenter Server Appliance and Platform Services Controller Appliance
- System Requirements for the vCenter Server Appliance and Platform Services Controller Appliance
- Hardware Requirements for the vCenter Server Appliance and Platform Services Controller Appliance
- Storage Requirements for the vCenter Server Appliance and Platform Services Controller Appliance
- Software Requirements for the vCenter Server Appliance and Platform Services Controller Appliance
- Required Ports for vCenter Server and Platform Services Controller
- DNS Requirements for the vCenter Server Appliance and Platform Services Controller Appliance
- vSphere Web Client Software Requirements
- Preparing for Deployment of the vCenter Server Appliance and Platform Services Controller Appliance
- Prerequisites for Deploying the vCenter Server Appliance or Platform Services Controller Appliance
- GUI Deployment of the vCenter Server Appliance and Platform Services Controller Appliance
- Required Information for Deploying a vCenter Server Appliance or Platform Services Controller Appliance
- Deploy the vCenter Server Appliance with an Embedded Platform Services Controller by Using the GUI
- Deploy a Platform Services Controller Appliance by Using the GUI
- Deploy the vCenter Server Appliance with an External Platform Services Controller by Using the GUI
- CLI Deployment of the vCenter Server Appliance and Platform Services Controller Appliance
- System Requirements for the vCenter Server Appliance and Platform Services Controller Appliance
- Installing vCenter Server and Platform Services Controller on Windows
- vCenter Server for Windows Requirements
- Pre-Install Checks for vCenter Server and Platform Services Controller on Windows
- Hardware Requirements for vCenter Server and Platform Services Controller on Windows
- Storage Requirements for vCenter Server and Platform Services Controller on Windows
- Software Requirements for vCenter Server and Platform Services Controller on Windows
- Database Requirements for vCenter Server on Windows
- Required Ports for vCenter Server and Platform Services Controller
- DNS Requirements for vCenter Server and Platform Services Controller on Windows
- vSphere Web Client Software Requirements
- Preparing for Installing vCenter Server and Platform Services Controller on Windows
- Download the vCenter Server Installer for Windows
- Preparing vCenter Server Databases for Install
- vCenter Server Database Configuration Notes
- Configure Microsoft SQL Server Databases
- Configure Oracle Databases
- Database Permission Requirements for vCenter Server
- Verify That vCenter Server Can Communicate with the Local Database
- Maintaining a vCenter Server Database
- Synchronizing Clocks on the vSphere Network
- Using a User Account for Running vCenter Server
- Installing vCenter Server on IPv6 Machines
- Running the vCenter Server Installer from a Network Drive
- Required Information for Installing vCenter Server or Platform Services Controller on Windows
- Installing vCenter Server and Platform Services Controller on Windows
- vCenter Server for Windows Requirements
- File-Based Backup and Restore of vCenter Server Appliance
- Image-Based Backup and Restore of a vCenter Server Environment
- After You Install vCenter Server or Deploy the vCenter Server Appliance
- Log in to vCenter Server by Using the vSphere Web Client
- Install the VMware Enhanced Authentication Plug-in
- Collect vCenter Server Log Files
- Repoint vCenter Server to Another External Platform Services Controller in the Same Domain
- Repoint vCenter Server to External Platform Services Controller in a Different Domain
- Reconfigure a Standalone vCenter Server with an Embedded Platform Services Controller to a vCenter Server with an External Platform Services Controller
- Troubleshooting vCenter Server Installation or Deployment
- Uninstall vCenter Server
File-Based Backup and Restore
of vCenter Server Appliance 4
The vCenter Server Appliance supports a file-based backup and restore mechanism that helps you to
recover your environment after failures.
In vSphere 6.7, you can use the vCenter Server Appliance Management Interface to create a file-based
backup of the vCenter Server Appliance and Platform Services Controller appliance. After you create the
backup, you can restore it by using the GUI installer of the appliance.
You use the vCenter Server Appliance Management Interface to perform a file-based backup of the
vCenter Server core configuration, inventory, and historical data of your choice. The backed-up data is
streamed over FTP, FTPS, HTTP, HTTPS, or SCP to a remote system. The backup is not stored on the
vCenter Server Appliance.
You can perform a file-based restore only for a vCenter Server Appliance that you have previously backed
up by using the vCenter Server Appliance Management Interface. You can perform such restore
operation by using the GUI installer of the vCenter Server Appliance. The process consists of deploying a
new vCenter Server Appliance and copying the data from the file-based backup to the new appliance.
You can also perform a restore operation by deploying a new vCenter Server Appliance and using the
vCenter Server Appliance management interface to copy the data from the file-based backup to the new
appliance.
Important If you back up a vCenter Server Appliance High Availability cluster, the backup operation only
backs up the primary vCenter Server instance. Before restoring a vCenter Server Appliance High
Availability cluster, you must power off the active, passive, and witness nodes. The restore operation
restores the vCenter Server in non-vCenter Server High Availability mode. You must reconstruct the
cluster after the restore operation completes successfully.
This chapter includes the following topics:
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Considerations and Limitations for File-Based Backup and Restore
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Schedule a File-Based Backup
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Manually Back up a vCenter Server Appliance by Using the vCenter Server Appliance Management
Interface
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Restore a vCenter Server Appliance from a File-Based Backup
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