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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
- Deploying the vCenter Server Appliance
- File-Based Backup and Restore of vCenter Server
- Image-Based Backup and Restore of a vCenter Server Environment
- After You Deploy the vCenter Server Appliance
- Log In to vCenter Server by Using the vSphere Client
- Install the VMware Enhanced Authentication Plug-in
- Repoint vCenter Server to Another vCenter Server in a Different Domain
- Repoint a Single vCenter Server Node to an Existing Domain without a Replication Partner
- Repoint a vCenter Server Node to an Existing Domain with a Replication Partner
- Repoint a vCenter Server Node to a New Domain
- Syntax of the Domain Repoint Command
- Understanding Tagging and Authorization Conflicts
- vCenter Server Domain Repoint License Considerations
- Troubleshooting vCenter Server Installation or Deployment
File-Based Backup and Restore of
vCenter Server
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vCenter Server supports a file-based backup and restore mechanism that helps you to recover
your environment after failures.
You can use the vCenter Server Interface to create a file-based backup of the vCenter Server.
After you create the backup, you can restore it by using the GUI installer of the appliance.
You use the vCenter Server 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, SFTP, NFS, or SMB to a remote system. The backup is not stored on
the
vCenter Server.
You can perform a file-based restore only for a vCenter Server that you have previously backed up
by using the vCenter Server 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.
Important If you back up a vCenter Server High Availability cluster, the backup operation only
backs up the primary vCenter Server instance. Before restoring a vCenter Server 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:
n Considerations and Limitations for File-Based Backup and Restore
n Schedule a File-Based Backup
n Manually Back up vCenter Server by Using the vCenter Server Management Interface
n Restore vCenter Server from a File-Based Backup
Considerations and Limitations for File-Based Backup and
Restore
When you backup or restore a vCenter Server environment, take into account these
considerations and limitation.
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