Overview of Backup and Restore Options in vCenter Server 6.x/7.0.x/8.0.

Products

• VMware vCenter Server

Issue/Introduction

This article provides an overview of Backup and Restore options available for vCenter Server 6.x/7.0.x/8.0.x

Environment

VMware vCenter Server 6.5.x

VMware vCenter Server 7.0.x

VMware vCenter Server 8.0.x

Resolution

Backup and Restore options available for vCenter Server 6.5/6.7 and 7.0:

• vCenter Server 6.5, 6.7, 7.0, and 8.0 support File-Based and Image-Based backups.

Note: The recommended backup and restore process for the vCenter Appliance is done through the VAMI on <vCenter FQDN or IP>:5480

 

To backup and restore vCenter Server using File-Based Backups, see the File-Based Backup and Restore of vCenter Server .

​Note: Before taking a File-Based backup, see Considerations and Limitations for File-Based Backup and Restore .

• To backup and restore vCenter Server using Image-Based Backups, see Image-Based Backup and Restore of a vCenter Server Environment.

Note: Before Taking an Image-Based backup, see Considerations and Limitations for Image-Based Backup and Restore.

 

For more information on:

• Environments with an embedded Platform Services Controller, see the Restore a vCenter Server Instance with an Embedded Platform Services Controller .
• Environments with a single external Platform Services Controller, see the Restoring a vCenter Server Environment with a Single External Platform Services Controller.
• Environments with multiple Platform Services Controller instances, see the Restoring a vCenter Server Environment with Multiple Platform Services Controller Instances .

 

Additional Information

Note: vSphere 7.0.x contains embedded Platform Service Controllers only and also provides Linux based vCenters only. Windows-based vCenter is no longer available in vSphere 7.0.x

•  vCenter Server Appliance Data Integrity Best Practices
• Enabling secure backup and restore in the vCenter Server Appliance