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Restore a vCenter Server Image-based Environment
You can use a third-party product that is integrated with VMware vSphere Storage APIs - Data Protection
to restore a virtual machine that contains vCenter Server, vCenter Server Appliance, or
Platform Services Controller.
You can perform an image-based restore of a virtual machine that contains vCenter Server, a
vCenter Server Appliance, or a Platform Services Controller. The virtual machine must use a fully
qualified domain name (FQDN) with correct DNS resolution, or the host name of the machine must be
configured to be an IP address. If the host name is configured as an IP address, the IP address cannot be
changed.
You can restore a virtual machine to the original location by either overwriting the backed up virtual
machine or by creating a new virtual machine that contains the restored vCenter Server,
vCenter Server Appliance, or Platform Services Controller on the same ESXi host. You can also restore
the virtual machine on a new ESXi host.
You can restore a virtual machine that contains vCenter Server or a Platform Services Controller instance
directly on the ESXi host that is running the third-party appliance when the vCenter Server service
becomes unavailable or when you cannot access the third-party user interface by using the
vSphere Web Client.
Important Restoring virtual machines that have snapshots or that are configured with Fault Tolerance is
unsupported.
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