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3 Review the Introduction page to understand the restore process and click Next.
4 Read and accept the license agreement, and click Next.
5 On the Enter backup details page, enter the details of the backup file that you want to restore, and
click Next.
Option Description
Backup location Enter the server address and backup folder where the backup files are stored.
Specify the protocol to use to retrieve the backup from your backup server. You
can select HTTPS, HTTP, SCP, FTPS, or FTP.
You can also enter the IP address or hostname of the backup server and browse
for the location of the backup folder.
User name Enter the user name of a user with read privileges on the backup server.
Password Enter the password of the user with read privileges on the backup server.
6 Review the backup information, and click Next.
7 Connect to the ESXi host or vCenter Server on which you want to deploy the
vCenter Server Appliance to use for the restore operation.
Option Steps
You can connect to an
ESXi host on which to
deploy the appliance to
use for the restore
operation.
1 Enter the FQDN or IP address of the ESXi host.
2 Enter the HTTPS port of the ESXi host.
3 Enter the user name and password of a user with administrative privileges on the ESXi host,
for example, the root user.
4 Click Next.
5 Verify that the certificate warning displays the SHA1 thumbprint of the SSL certificate that is
installed on the target ESXi host, and click Yes to accept the certificate thumbprint.
You can connect to a
vCenter Server instance
and browse the inventory
to select an ESXi host or
DRS cluster on which to
deploy the appliance to
use for the restore
operation.
1 Enter the FQDN or IP address of the vCenter Server instance.
2 Enter the HTTPS port of the vCenter Server instance.
3 Enter the user name and password of user with vCenter Single Sign-On administrative
privileges on the vCenter Server instance, for example, the
administrator@your_domain_name user.
4 Click Next.
5 Verify that the certificate warning displays the SHA1 thumbprint of the SSL certificate that is
installed on the target vCenter Server instance, and click Yes to accept the certificate
thumbprint.
6 Select the data center or data center folder that contains the ESXi host or DRS cluster on
which you want to deploy the appliance, and click Next.
Note You must select a data center or data center folder that contains at least one ESXi
host that is not in lockdown or maintenance mode.
7 Select the ESXi host or DRS cluster on which you want to deploy the appliance, and click
Next.
8 Accept the certificate warning.
9 Enter a name for the vCenter Server Appliance, set up the password for the root user, and click Next.
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