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Distributed Power Management
If you put a host into standby mode after a backup, the vCenter Server might force the host to exit
standby mode when you restore to the backup.
Distributed Virtual Switch
If you use a distributed virtual switch, you are advised to export separately the distributed virtual switch
configuration before you restore to a backup. You can import the configuration after the restore. If you
omit this consideration, you may lose the changes made to a distributed virtual switch after the backup.
For detailed steps, see the VMware knowledge base article at http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2034602.
Content Libraries
If you delete libraries or items after a backup, you cannot access or use these libraries or items after the
restore. You can only delete such libraries or items. A warning message notifies you that there are
missing files or folders in the storage backup.
If you create new items or item files after the backup, the Content Library Service has no record of the
new items or files after the restore operation. A warning notifies you that extra folders or files were found
on the storage backup.
If you create new libraries after the backup, the Content Library Service has no record of the new libraries
after restore. The library content exists on the storage backing, but no warning is displayed. You must
manually clean the new libraries.
Virtual Machine Life Cycle Operations
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Restoring vCenter Server from a backup that was taken during in-flight relocation operations in the
vCenter Server instance.
After you restore vCenter Server, the vCenter Server view of the virtual machines might be out of
sync with the ESXi view of the virtual machines. This is also true if you performed the backup during
in-flight operations on vCenter Server. If virtual machines disappear after you restore vCenter Server,
you can refer to the following cases.
a The missing virtual machine is located on the destination ESXi host and is registered with the
destination ESXi host, but it is either an orphan or not in the vCenter Server inventory. You must
manually add the virtual machine to the vCenter Server inventory.
b The missing virtual machine is located on the destination ESXi host, but it is not registered with
the destination ESXi host and it is not in the vCenter Server inventory. You must manually register
the virtual machine to the ESXi host and add the virtual machine back to the vCenter Server
inventory.
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