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Table Of Contents
- System Administration
- Contents
- System Administration
- Updated Information
- Configuring vRealize Automation
- Configuring System Settings
- Configuring IaaS
- The Customer Experience Improvement Program
- Configure the vRealize Automation Appliance Database
- Perform an Appliance Database Failover
- Validate Appliance Database Replication
- Bulk Import, Update, or Migrate Virtual Machines
- Managing vRealize Automation
- Managing Tenants
- Brand Tenant Login Pages
- Install a Hotfix
- Updating vRealize Automation Certificates
- Extracting Certificates and Private Keys
- Update vRealize Automation Certificates when all are Expired
- Updating the Identity Appliance Certificate
- Updating the vRealize Appliance Certificate
- Updating the IaaS Certificate
- Replace the Identity Appliance Management Site Certificate
- Updating the vRealize Appliance Management Site Certificate
- Replace a Management Agent Certificate
- Resolve Certificate Revocation Errors
- View License Usage
- Monitoring Logs and Services
- Starting Up and Shutting Down vRealize Automation
- Customize Data Rollover Settings
- Remove an Identity Appliance from a Domain
- Backup and Recovery for vRealize Automation Installations
- Backing Up vRealize Automation
- Activate the Failover IaaS Server
- vRealize Automation System Recovery
You can restore the Identity Appliance either by redeploying it or by importing a snapshot of the
appliance.
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To restore the Identity Appliance by redeploying, see Installation and Configuration documentation for
vRealize Automation.
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If you have tenants other than the default tenant, reconfigure them.
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If you change the hostname of the Identity Appliance, reconfigure the SSO settings on each
vCloud Automation Center Appliance management console to point to the new name.
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To restore the Identity Appliance from a snapshot, import it from an appropriate image.
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To restore the Identity Appliance using VMware vSphere Data Protection or Replication, follow the
steps to deploy the Identity Appliance in Installation and Configuration.
After you restore the Identity Appliance, restore the vCloud Automation Center Appliance and, if required,
your load balancers. See Restore the vRealize Appliance and Load Balancer.
Restore the vRealize Appliance and Load Balancer
If a failure occurs, a system administrator restores the vRealize Appliance. If a load balancer is used, the
administrator restores the load balancer and the virtual appliances that it manages. If a host name
changes during restoration, you must update configuration files appropriately.
You might need to restore a failed virtual appliance in the following circumstances:
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You are running a minimal deployment and your only vRealize Appliance fails or becomes corrupted.
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You are running a distributed deployment and some, but not all, virtual appliances fail.
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You are running a distributed deployment and all virtual appliances fail.
How you restore a vRealize Appliance or virtual appliance load balancer depends on your deployment
type and on which appliances failed.
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If you are using a single virtual appliance whose name is unchanged, restore the virtual appliance, or
redeploy it and restore a set of backed up files. No further steps are required.
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If you are running a distributed deployment that uses a load balancer, and you change the name of
the virtual appliance or the IP address of the load balancer, you must redeploy the appliance and
restore its backup files. Also, you must regenerate and copy certificates for your deployment.
If you are redeploying, reconfiguring, or adding virtual appliances to a cluster, see the Installation and
Configuration documentation for vRealize Appliance for more information.
Procedure
1 Redeploy the virtual appliance.
You must also configure the Appliance Database after redeploying the vRealize Appliance if it is
applicable to your system configuration.
2 Restore all backed up files.
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