Restore the
by Using the API
You can use the
of the
to restore the appliance from a backup file containing
the
database and key components of the appliance.
- Verify that the backed up is powered off.
- A new must be deployed in an unconfigured state, except that it must have a fully qualified domain name or IP address that matches the old one.
- Verify that the new has the same build number as the one in the backup file.
- Verify that the new has a size equal to or greater than the old one. If the old was customized to exceed the largest template size, the new one must be customized to the same size.
- If the old was deployed with an external , the new one must be also. If the old one was deployed in an embedded configuration, the new one must be also.
- Verify that no other backup or restore jobs are running.
- Verify that the destination storage location is accessible to the appliance restore process.
- Create a restore request object to describe the restore operation.
- Issue a request to start the restore operation.
- Monitor progress of the job until it is complete.
- Report job completion.
After the
is fully configured by the restore operation, you can
resume using the
vSphere
Automation
API endpoint for subsequent operations.