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VMware ESXi 6 for Dell PowerEdge Systems Installation Instructions and Important Information Guide

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Backing up the configuration of your ESXi host

To back up configuration data of a host:
  1. Start the vSphere CLI.
  2. Run the vicfg-cfgbackup command with the -s flag to save the host configuration to the specified backup filename: 
    vicfg-cfgbackup --server< ESXi-host-ip> -- portnumber <port_number> --protocol <protocol_type> --username root --password
                                    root_password [-s <backup-filename>

    The -portnumber and -protocol options are optional. If you exclude them, the defaults are port 443 and protocol HTTPS.

    • NOTE: If you do not specify a password in the command line, you are prompted for one when the command executes. For example: vicfgcfgbackup --server 172.17.13.211 --username root –s backupdate.dat
    • NOTE: If your administrative password includes special characters, such as $ or &, you must include a backslash escape character (\) before each special character.

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