VMware vSphere ESXi 6.x on Dell EMC PowerEdge Systems Installation Instructions and Important Information Guide

Backing up the configuration of your ESXi 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.