Mastering vSphere 7 Essential Skills: Backing Up and Restoring vCenter Server

Your VMware vCenter server is the heart and soul of your vSphere environment, so it makes sense to protect it like it's the last pint of beer in the fridge on a Friday night, right?

In this guide, we will cover the essentials of vCenter server backup and restoration, including how to set up automated backups that are as easy as pie, simulate a vCenter failure without breaking a sweat, and perform a full restoration like a boss.

Join me in this fun and informative guide where I'll guide you step-by-step and show you how you can configure automated backups, but most importantly, how you can easily restore your server back to full production with a smile on your face. Don't wait for disaster to strike, be prepared and have some fun along the way!

Chapters
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0:00 🎬 Intro
0:55 🎬 Two important numbers you need
2:41 🎬 Downloading the vCenter Server ISO image
3:49 🎬 Setup backups
7:59 🎬 Simulating a vCenter Server failure
9:00 🎬 Starting the restore process
16:24 🎬 Testing our restored vCenter Server

Important Links
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FileZilla FTP Server (Free)

VMware vCenter Build Versions

VMware vCenter Server Download

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[iamcmilreal]

This is pure gold! Thanks for this, used this method to help me rebuild an environment with new hosts as well. Thank you

[Cortez]

Thank you sir for this excellent work.

[albert]

Great job with jumping straight into it

[poulamibhattacharya]

Nicely explained about backup and restore. Could you please some link about storage and network configuration. Thank you so much wonderful content

[vibipa]

Great session. I have one query regarding file-based backups and restores for vCenters on Enhanced Linked mode. Somehow VMware/Broadcom articles do not give much info on this.
Any thoughts?

[suizoyo]

Have the fresh restores VCSA got new Machine Certificates or has it got the one from de backed up VCSA??

[ces]

What about if my VC network is already on Distributed Virtual switch and not on Standard switch ?

[LennyDK]

Is Vcenter HA still important in Vcenter 7.0+, with the introducing of vCLS?

[ExodusX]

Do these backups retain custom certificates so they will be the same as before the restore?

[supriyochatterjee]

Great contents more videos on ESXI PATCHING, VMWARE SNAPSHOT creations and management, VMWARE NETWORKING AND ADMINISTRATION is expected in near future soon

[AlexKitson-em]

In stage 1, step 11 - configure network settings I'm not getting the FQDN and IP auto populating. This means I can only restore to another IP and hostname, but I want to restore the VCSA host without changing these settings.

[vvekful]

If FTP server is not available..then where we have to keep Vcenter server backup copy..?

[berk]

In the questions of my exam it was mentioned a VCSA config file which starts with VCSA. It's a json config file. I keep checking and checking my backed up files within FTP server where i backed my VCSA but there's nothing. Only json file i have is metadata json file . Do we have an idea about where this file could be ?

[contourshaveclub]

Do you have tutorials on how to move a cluster from one VCSA to another VCSA, or is that even possible?

[spootnick]

I am using Veeam, more easy ;) thanks