Backing up VMware vSphere 5.x and 6.0 products

Products

• VMware vCenter Server
• VMware vSphere ESXi

Issue/Introduction

This article contains links to relevant information for backing up VMware vSphere 5.x and 6.0 products.

Environment

VMware vCenter Server Appliance 5.1.x
VMware vSphere ESXi 6.0
VMware vCenter Server 5.1.x
VMware vCenter Server 6.0.x
VMware vSphere ESXi 5.0
VMware vCenter Server Appliance 6.0.x
VMware vCenter Server 5.5.x
VMware vCenter Server Appliance 5.5.x
VMware vSphere ESXi 5.1
VMware vSphere ESXi 5.5
VMware vCenter Server Appliance 5.0.x
VMware vCenter Server 5.0.x

Resolution

ESXi:

• Backing up and restoring ESXi configuration using the vSphere Command-Line Interface and vSphere PowerCLI (2042141)
• Locally restoring an ESXi configuration from state.tgz backup (2043048)

vCenter Server:

• Backing up and restoring the vCenter Single Sign-On (SSO) 5.1 configuration (2034928)
• Backing up and restoring vCenter Server 4.x and 5.0 (1023985)
• Generating a backup of the vCenter Server database for analysis (1032662)
• How to back up and restore vCenter Server 6.0 external deployment models (2110294)
• Back up and restore vCenter Server Appliance/vCenter Server vPostgres database (2091961)
• Backing up and restoring the vCenter Server Appliance vPostgres database (2034505)

VMware Inventory Service:

• Backing up and restoring the vCenter Server Appliance Inventory Service database (2062682)

VMware Single Sign-On:

• Backing up and restoring the vCenter Single Sign-On (SSO) 5.1 configuration (2034928)
• Backing up the vCenter Server database running on Microsoft SQL or SQL Express server (2012138)
• Backing up and restoring the VMware vCenter Single Sign-On 5.5 configuration (2057353)

Additional Information

Performing an end-to-end backup and restore for VMware View Manager
Backing up and restoring vCenter Server 4.x and 5.0
Generating a backup of the vCenter Server database for analysis
Backing up the vCenter Server database running on Microsoft SQL or SQL Express server
Backing up and restoring the vCenter Server Appliance 5.x vPostgres database
Backing up and restoring the vCenter Single Sign-On (SSO) 5.1 configuration
How to back up ESXi host configuration
Locally restoring an ESXi configuration from state.tgz backup
Backing up and restoring the VMware vCenter Single Sign-On 5.5 configuration
Backing up and restoring the vCenter Server Appliance Inventory Service database
Back up and restore vCenter Server Appliance/vCenter Server 6.0 vPostgres database
Backing up and restoring vCenter Server 6.0 external deployment models
VMware vSphere 5.x / 6.0 製品のバックアップ
备份 VMware vSphere 5.x 和 vSphere 6.0 产品
Erstellen von Sicherungskopien von VMware vSphere 5.x- und VMware vSphere 6.0-Produkten