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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
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.
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 while there are in-flight relocation
operations within the vCenter Server instance.
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