Restore vCenter Server
If a vCenter Server instance fails, you can restore it from its file-based backup.
- Power off the failed vCenter Server instance.
- Verify that you have a valid file-based backup of the failed vCenter Server instance.To be valid, the backup must be of the version of the vCenter Server Appliance on which you plan to restore the instance.
- Verify that you have the SFTP server details:
- SFTP Server IP
- SFTP Server Username
- SFTP Server Password
- Encryption Password