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7 On the Set Restore Options page, leave the Restore to Original Location check box selected.
Important If the virtual disk of the original virtual machine has been removed or deleted, you cannot
restore the virtual machine to its original location. The VMDK must be restored to a new location.
8 (Optional) Under Advanced options, select a new datastore to power on the virtual machine after it
is restored and to reconnect the NIC.
9 Click Next.
10 On the Ready to complete page, review the summary of your restore requests, and click Finish to
start the restore operation.
Note If you selected to reconnect the NIC during the restore process, verify that the network
configuration for the newly created virtual machine is correct. The NIC of the new virtual machine
might use the same IP address as the original virtual machine, which causes conflicts.
11 Verify that no vCenter Server services are running.
n
For a vCenter Server Appliance, run the service-control --status --all command in the
appliance shell.
n
For a vCenter Server instance installed on Windows, from the Windows Start menu, select
Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services.
12 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.
13 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.
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