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  • 1.  Backup ESXi Host Configuratoin for Rebuild ?

    Posted May 18, 2020 11:40 PM

    Hi,

    We are using vSphere Enterprise Edition 6.0.

    There is a request to find out how to rebuild the ESXi Hosts if there is a disaster.

    Is there any way for us to make a backup of ESXi Host configurations to facilitate our rebuild OR just a screen print & document of existing configurations ?

    Thanks



  • 2.  RE: Backup ESXi Host Configuratoin for Rebuild ?

    Posted May 19, 2020 12:54 AM

    https://www.altaro.com/vmware/esxi-backup-command-line/

    But honestly, with you being on 6.0 still, which is now out of support, you have bigger fish to fry than this...



  • 3.  RE: Backup ESXi Host Configuratoin for Rebuild ?

    Posted May 20, 2020 04:42 AM

    Check the vim-cmd command-line, it's the easier way to do:

    vim-cmd hostsvc/firmware/sync_config

    vim-cmd hostsvc/firmware/backup_config

    Just remember to copy/download the generated backup file ASAP (*.local.tgz), because it doesn't remain forever. For learning other methods, see the following link:

    VMware Knowledge Base