1. Click installer.exe to open the vCenter Server Appliance Installer
2. Click Restore

1. Review the different stages of restoring the vCenter Server Appliance and Click Next

1. Review and Accept License Agreement Terms
2. Click Next

Here we provide the location of the backup files created as part of the previous lesson vCenter Server Appliance Backup.

1. Backup location type: FTP
2. Provide the Backup location: 192.168.110.60/vcsa01a-backup
3. Port should be 21
4. Username is root
5. Password is VMware1!
6. Encryption leave blank
7. Click Next

1. Review the back up information and Click Next

1. Provide Target sever or hostname esx-01a.corp.local
2. HTTPS default port is 443
3. User name is root
4. Password is VMware1!
5. Click Next and Yes to Certificate Warning

Here we provide a name for the appliance VM. This name will be displayed within vSphere. The identity of the appliance will be restored to the host name of the backed up vCenter Server Appliance once the restore is completed.

1. Target appliance VM should be vcsa01a-backup
2. Root password is VMware1!
3. Confirm password
4. Click Next

For the purposes of this lab, we chose to use the smallest footprint for the recovered vCenter Server Appliance.

1. Deployment size for this lesson will be "Tiny vCenter Server". Click Next

This simulation contains only one datastore. In typical environments there would be multiple datastores available.

1. RegionA01-ISCSI01-COMP01 datastore is already selected
2. Click Enable Thin Disk Mode
3. Click Next

Since our source vCenter Server Appliance had a static IP configured, we want that same IP to be used during the restore process. Typical vCenter Server Appliance installations will have a static IP assigned.

1. Click DHCP and change to static (The original IP settings will populate automatically from the backup)
2. Click Next

1. Review settings and click Finish to the vCenter Server Appliance deployment

This process was sped up as part of the simulation. In a typical environment this could take several minutes to complete.

1. Click Continue when the deployment is complete

Stage 2 involves configuring the newly deployed vCenter Server Appliance using the backup files from the FTP server we provided earlier.

1. Click Next to start "Stage 2" of the restore process

1. Review the "Backup details" and click Finish to start the data transfer
2. Click OK to continue

This process was sped up as part of the simulation. In a typical environment this could take several minutes to complete.

1. Click "X" in upper right to close the window when the restore is complete

1. Click on Google Chrome to open the browser to confirm the vCenter Server Appliance login screen is active.
2. This concludes this interactive simulation. Click the "Return to the lab" link or close the windows to continue with this lab.