Restore the Configuration of a vSphere
Distributed Switch
To recover the configuration of a vSphere Distributed Switch, you
can restore its settings from the configuration file that you previously exported.
This procedure restores only the vSphere Distributed Switch configuration of a vCenter Server instance.
The restore operation changes the settings on the vSphere Distributed Switch back to the settings saved in the configuration file. The operation overwrites the current settings of the vSphere Distributed Switch and its port groups. The operation does not delete existing port groups that are not a part of the configuration file.
The vSphere Distributed Switch configuration
is part of the vCenter Server backup. If you want to restore the entire vCenter Server
instance, see Restore vCenter Server.
- In a web browser, log in to the vCenter Server by using the vSphere Client (https://<vcenter_server_fqdn>/ui).
- Select .
- In the inventory expand .
- Expand theManagement networksfolder, right-click the distributed switch and select .
- On theRestore switch configurationpage, clickBrowse, navigate to the location of the configuration file for the distributed switch, and clickOpen.
- Select theRestore distributed switch and all port groupsradio-button and clickNext.
- On theReady to completepage, review the changes and clickFinish.
- Repeat these steps for the other vSphere Distributed Switch.
- Review the switch configuration to verify that it is as you expect after the restore.