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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
Distributed Virtual Switch
If you use a distributed virtual switch, you are advised to export separately the distributed virtual
switch configuration before you restore to a backup. You can import the configuration after the
restore. If you omit this consideration, you may lose the changes made to a distributed virtual
switch after the backup. For detailed steps, see the VMware knowledge base article at http://
kb.vmware.com/kb/2034602.
Content Libraries
If you delete libraries or items after a backup, you cannot access or use these libraries or items
after the restore. You can only delete such libraries or items. A warning message notifies you that
there are missing files or folders in the storage backup.
If you create new items or item files after the backup, the Content Library Service has no record of
the new items or files after the restore operation. A warning notifies you that extra folders or files
were found on the storage backup.
If you create new libraries after the backup, the Content Library Service has no record of the
new libraries after restore. The library content exists on the storage backing, but no warning is
displayed. You must manually clean the new libraries.
Virtual Machine Life Cycle Operations
n Restoring vCenter Server from a backup that was taken during in-flight relocation operations
in the vCenter Server instance.
After you restore vCenter Server, the vCenter Server view of the virtual machines might be out
of sync with the ESXi view of the virtual machines. This is also true if you performed the backup
during in-flight operations on vCenter Server. If virtual machines disappear after you restore
vCenter Server, you can refer to the following cases.
a The missing virtual machine is located on the destination ESXi host and is registered with
the destination ESXi host, but it is either an orphan or not in the vCenter Server inventory.
You must manually add the virtual machine to the vCenter Server inventory.
b The missing virtual machine is located on the destination ESXi host, but it is not registered
with the destination ESXi host and it is not in the vCenter Server inventory. You must
manually register the virtual machine to the ESXi host and add the virtual machine back to
the vCenter Server inventory.
c The missing virtual machine is located on the destination ESXi host, but it is not registered
with the destination ESXi host. In the vCenter Server instance, the missing virtual machine
is marked as orphaned. You must remove the virtual machine from the vCenter Server
inventory and add it again.
n Restoring vCenter Server from a backup that has an out-of-date linked clone virtual machine
layout.
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