The vCenter Server Appliance Management API supports restoring the appliance from a backup copy. The API simplifies the process by unifying the handling of various components of vCenter Server in a single operation.

The process of restoring a vCenter Server Appliance from a backup has two phases.

1

Deploy a new appliance. OVF deployment is described in the vSphere Automation SDKs Programming Guide.

2

Invoke the restore operation from the Management API to apply configuration settings and load the vCenter Server database from the backup file.

Note

You cannot specify optional parts for the restore operation. The restore operation includes all optional parts, such as Events and Tasks, that were specified at the time when the backup file was created.

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