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Title
Restoring VM to alternative vCenter server -
Description
Restoring VM to alternative vCenter server
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Resolution
Sometimes we can see restore failures when restoring to an alternative vCenter server if restore options are not configured correctly, so here are the steps explained
1/ select restore
2/ select VM you wish to restore
3/ select 'Edit Plugin Option' | 'Restore virtual machine to vCenter' tab
4/ in here we need to fill in the following options
Alternate Resource Pool Path: <use “ / “ this will restore at the top level and the VM can then be moved to any folder/ Resource Pool>
Alternate Datastore: <data store name as seen on alternative vCenter WebUI>
Alternate ESXi Host Address: <full ESXi host name a as seen on alternative vCenter WebUI >
Alternate vCenter Address: <IPaddress of Center>
Port Number: < this is only required if you have changed the port to something different to the default, otherwise leave empty>
Username: <username with sufficient privilege and rules configured for restores> administrator/root user should be sufficient
Password: xxxxxx
5/ Configure rest of the job as normal.
Note: if you are using a different proxy server to restore the VM through you should select this proxy server as target client.