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11 Select the storage size for the new vCenter Server appliance, and click Next.
Important You must consider the storage size of the appliance that you are restoring.
Storage
Size
Option
Description for
Tiny Deployment
Size
Description
for Small
Deployment Size
Description
for Medium
Deployment Size
Description
for Large
Deployment Size
Description for X-
Large Deployment
Size
Default Deploys an
appliance with 579
GB of storage.
Deploys an
appliance with
694 GB of
storage.
Deploys an
appliance with
908 GB of
storage.
Deploys an
appliance with
1358 GB of
storage.
Deploys an
appliance with
2283 GB of
storage.
Large Deploys an
appliance with
2019 GB of
storage.
Deploys an
appliance with
2044 GB of
storage.
Deploys an
appliance with
2208 GB of
storage.
Deploys an
appliance with
2258 GB of
storage.
Deploys an
appliance with
2383 GB of
storage.
X-Large Deploys an
appliance with
4279 GB of
storage.
Deploys an
appliance with
4304 GB of
storage.
Deploys an
appliance with
4468 GB of
storage.
Deploys an
appliance with
4518 GB of
storage.
Deploys an
appliance with
4643 GB of
storage.
12 From the list of available datastores, select the location where all the virtual machine
configuration files and virtual disks will be stored and, optionally, enable thin provisioning by
selecting Enable Thin Disk Mode.
13 On the Configure network settings page review the settings populated from the backup file of
the vCenter Server.
14 (Optional) Edit the network configuration to match the current network environment where the
vCenter Server is restored.
15 On the Ready to complete stage 1 page, review the deployment settings for the restored
vCenter Server appliance and click Finish to start the OVA deployment process.
16 Wait for the OVA deployment to finish, and click Continue to proceed with stage 2 of the
restore process to transfer the data to the newly deployed appliance.
Note If you exit the wizard by clicking Close, you must log in to the vCenter Server
Management Interface to transfer the data.
Results
The newly deployed vCenter Server appliance is running on the target server but the data is not
copied from the backup location.
Stage 2 - Transfer Data to the Newly Deployed Appliance
After the OVA deployment finishes, you are redirected to stage 2 of the restore process in which
the data from the backup location is copied to the newly deployed vCenter Server appliance.
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