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Deploy a vCenter Server Appliance from an OVA File

To restore a vCenter Server instance, you first deploy a new appliance from an OVA file on the temporary vCenter Server, deployed during partial bring-up. You then use this appliance to restore the management domain or VI workload domain.

UI Procedure

  1. Mount the vCenter Server ISO in Windows Explorer.
  2. Log in to the temporary vCenter Server, deployed at the partial bring-up operation, and navigate to the default cluster.
  3. Right-click the cluster and select
    Deploy OVF Template
    .
  4. Navigate to the
    vcsa
     folder on the mounted ISO, select the vCenter Server OVA file, and click
    Next
    .
  5. Enter the virtual machine name and click
    Next
    .
  6. On the
    Compute resource
     page, select the cluster and click
    Next
    .
  7. On the
    Review details
     page, if warnings appear, click
    Ignore
     and click
    Next
    .
  8. On the
    License agreements
     page, click
    I accept all license agreements
     and click
    Next
    .
  9. On the
    Configuration
     page, select the correct size for the vCenter Server, and click
    Next
    .
  10. On the
    Select storage
     page, select the vSAN datastore, and click
    Next
    .
  11. On the
    Select networks
     page, select the management network, and click
    Next
    .
  12. On the
    Customize template
     page enter the following information, and click
    Next
    .
    Section
    Setting
    Value
    Networking Configuration
    Host Network IP Address Family
    ipv4
    Host Network Mode
    static
    Host Network IP Address
    <vcenter_server_ip_address>
    Host Network Prefix
    <management_network_prefix>
    Host Network Default Gateway
    <management_network_gateway>
    Host Network DNS Servers
    <dns_server_comma_separated_list>
    Host Network Identity
    <vcenter_server_fqdn>
    SSO Configuration
    N/A
    N/A
    System Configuration
    Root Password
    <vcenter_server_root_password>
    Upgrade Configuration
    N/A
    N/A
    Miscellaneous
    N/A
    N/A
    Networking Properties
    Domain Name
    <dns_domain_name>
    Domain Search Path
    <domain_search_path_comma_separated_list>
  13. On the
    Ready to complete
     page, review the details and click
    Finish
    .

PowerShell Procedure

  1. Start PowerShell.
  2. Replace the values in the sample code with your values and run the commands in the PowerShell console.
    $tempVcenterFqdn = "sfo-m01-vc02.sfo.rainpole.io"
$tempvCenterAdmin = "administrator@vsphere.local"
$tempvCenterAdminPassword = "VMw@re1!"
$extractedSDDCDataFile = ".\extracted-sddc-data.json"
$workloadDomain = "sfo-m01"
$restoredvCenterDeploymentSize = "small"
$vCenterOvaFile = "F:\OVA\VMware-vCenter-Server-Appliance-7.0.3.01400-21477706_OVF10.ova"
  3. Perform the configuration by running the command in the PowerShell console.
    New-vCenterOvaDeployment -vCenterFqdn $tempVcenterFqdn -vCenterAdmin $tempvCenterAdmin -vCenterAdminPassword $tempvCenterAdminPassword -extractedSDDCDataFile $extractedSDDCDataFile -workloadDomain $workloadDomain -restoredvCenterDeploymentSize $restoredvCenterDeploymentSize -vCenterOvaFile $vCenterOvaFile

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