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  • 1.  Restore VM Shell for Windows Restore?

    Posted Dec 02, 2023 04:40 PM

    Host: ESXi 8.2
    Management: vCenter 8

    I'm using Windows System Image Backup on Win10 VM machines to backup to a NAS.  When it comes time to restore, as long as I can boot from installation media, I can restore the OS.  But in the case of catastrophic failure on the host, how do I backup ESXi so that it can restore the VM configurations with empty hard drives?



  • 2.  RE: Restore VM Shell for Windows Restore?

    Posted Dec 25, 2023 03:47 PM

    Hi,

    You cannot backup ESXi, create another VM with new hard disks.



  • 3.  RE: Restore VM Shell for Windows Restore?

    Posted Dec 26, 2023 11:07 AM

    Another option is to use a backup tool that is able to back up the VM images themselves. A fairly popular option that begins with the letter "V" has a community edition that has VM limits but is pretty good.

     

    Kind regards.



  • 4.  RE: Restore VM Shell for Windows Restore?

    Posted Dec 25, 2023 04:53 PM

    There are ways to backup the system configuration of the ESXi host as noted in this KB:

    How to back up and restore the ESXi host configuration (2042141) (vmware.com)

    However, if you are looking for a way to say perform an "image-level" backup of the ESXi server, that does not exist.