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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
Protocols
The following considerations apply to file-based backup and restore protocols:
n FTP and HTTP are not secure protocols
n Backup servers must support minimum of 10 simultaneous connections for each vCenter
Server
n You must have write permissions for upload and read permissions for download
n Only explicit mode is supported for FTPS
n If you use HTTP or HTTPS, you must enable WebDAV on the backup Web server
n You can use only FTP, FTPS, HTTP, or HTTPS to transmit data through an HTTP proxy server
n You can use IPv4 and IPv6 URLs in file-based backup and restore of a vCenter Server. Mixed
mode of IP versions between the backup server and the vCenter Server is unsupported.
Configuration
After a restore, the following configurations revert to the state when the backup was taken.
n Virtual machine resource settings
n Resource pool hierarchy and setting
n Cluster-host membership
n DRS configuration and rules
Storage DRS
If the configuration changes, the following might change after a restore.
n Datastore Cluster configuration
n Datastore Cluster membership
n Datastore I/O Resource Management (Storage I/O Control) settings
n Datastore-Datacenter membership
n Host-Datastore membership
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.
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