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3 Run the vcenter-restore script to complete the restore operation and start all the vCenter Server
services.
Option Action
For a
vCenter Server
Appliance
Run the vcenter-restore script in the appliance shell.
vcenter-restore -u psc_administrator_username -p psc_administrator_password
For vCenter Server
installed on
Windows
1 From the Windows command prompt, navigate to the vcenter-restore script.
By default, the script is located in C:\Program Files\VMware\vCenter Server\.
2 Run the vcenter-restore script.
vcenter-restore -u psc_administrator_username -p psc_administrator_password
Note If you do not provide arguments three subsequent times, the script closes after notifying you
that the required arguments were not provided.
Here, psc_administrator_username is the vCenter Single Sign-On administrator user name which
must be in UPN format.
4 Verify that all vCenter Server services are running.
u
For a vCenter Server Appliance deployed as an appliance, run the service-control --status
--all command in the appliance shell.
u
For a vCenter Server installed on Windows, from the Windows Start menu, select Control Panel
> Administrative Tools > Services.
Restore Failed vCenter Server Instances
You can install or deploy a Platform Services Controller and register several vCenter Server instances
with the same Platform Services Controller. You can use vSphere Data Protection to restore the whole
environment, so that if any of the vCenter Server instances fails, you can restore the failed
vCenter Server instance.
Important You can back up and restore only virtual machines that contain vCenter Server,
vCenter Server Appliance, and Platform Services Controller. You cannot back up and restore physical
machines that are running vCenter Server by using vSphere Data Protection.
You must restore each failed vCenter Server.
Prerequisites
Back up the virtual machines on which the vCenter Server instances reside.
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Restore the Failed vCenter Server Virtual Machine to the Original Location
You can restore to the original location the full image backup of a virtual machine that contains a
vCenter Server instance manually by using the Restore backup wizard.
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