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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
Procedure
1 Review the introduction to stage 2 of the restore process and click Next.
2 Review the backup details and click Next.
3 If you are restoring a node with enhanced linked mode support for vCenter Server appliance,
you are asked to provide the Single Sign-On credentials. Enter the Single Sign-On user name
and password, then click Validate and Recover.
4 On the Ready to complete page, review the details, click Finish, and click OK to complete
stage 2 of the restore process.
The restore process restarts the vCenter Server Management Service. You cannot access the
vCenter Server Management API during the restart.
Important If a restore operation of a vCenter Server appliance VM results with a failure, you
must power off and delete the partially restored VM. After that you can try to restore the VM
again.
5 (Optional) After the restore process finishes, click the https://
vcenter_server_appliance_fqdn
/ui to go to the vSphere Client and log in to the vCenter
Server instance , or click the https://
vcenter_server_appliance_fqdn
:443 to go to the
vCenter Server Getting Started page.
6 Click Close to exit the wizard.
You are redirected to the vCenter Server Getting Started page.
7 If the backed up vCenter node is part of a vCenter High Availability cluster, the last needs to be
reconfigured after the restore operation completes successfully.
For information about how to perform backup and restore operations, see
vSphere
Availability
.
What to do next
After successful completion of the restore operation, in the event of a total loss of all storage and
servers where all the physical hardware or the data in the hardware is lost, follow the instructions
in the VMware knowledge base article at http://kb.vmware.com/kb/76585 in order to recover the
system to a pre-restore state at the time of the backup.
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