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14 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.
15 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.
An information dialog box confirms that the restore operation was successfully initiated. You can monitor
the restore progress in the Recent Tasks pane.
Restore the Failed vCenter Server Virtual Machine With the Direct-to-Host Emergency
Restore Operation
The direct‐to‐host emergency restore operation lets you restore the virtual machine that contains
vCenter Server when vCenter Server becomes unavailable or when you cannot access the vSphere Data
Protection user interface by using the vSphere Web Client.
vSphere Data Protection depends on vCenter Server for many of the vSphere Data Protection core
operations. When vCenter Server becomes unavailable, an emergency restore operation can restore the
virtual machine that contains the vCenter Server, vCenter Server Appliance, or
Platform Services Controller directly on the ESXi host that is running the vSphere Data Protection
Appliance. The Emergency Restore tab displays a list of VMs that have been backed up by the vSphere
Data Protection Appliance. These VMs that contain vCenter Server or Platform Services Controller
instances can be restored as new VMs on the ESXi host where the vSphere Data Protection Appliance is
running. For best practices, recommendations, and limitations of the emergency restore operation, see
the vSphere Data Protection documentation.
Note This procedure describes the steps by using vSphere Data Protection 6.1.3. The steps might vary
if you use a different version of vSphere Data Protection.
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