File-Based Backup and Restore of vCenter Server Appliance
docs.vmware.com › en › VMware-vSphereMay 31, 2019 · The vCenter Server Appliance supports a file-based backup and restore mechanism that helps you to recover your environment after failures. In vSphere 6.5, you can use the vCenter Server Appliance Management Interface to create a file-based backup of the vCenter Server Appliance and Platform Services Controller appliance. After you create the backup, you can restore it by using the GUI installer of the appliance.
Restore a vCenter Server Appliance from a File-Based Backup
docs.vmware.com › en › VMware-vSphereMay 31, 2019 · Restore a vCenter Server Appliance from a File-Based Backup. You can use the vCenter Server Appliance GUI installer to restore a vCenter Server Appliance to an ESXi host or a vCenter Server instance. The restore procedure has two stages. The first stage deploys a new vCenter Server Appliance. The second stage populates the newly deployed vCenter Server Appliance with the data stored in the file-based backup.