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    how to take full backup of VMware ESXi bare mental hypervisor ? because i need to install patches on VMware host .

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      Ghani
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      Dear All,

      I need to install VMware critical patches on VMware ESXi host. For safety , how to backup entire VMware ESXi configuration. it is helps to restore in future if i have any issues on patch. kindly provide your support.

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        Alex Sage
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        How to back up ESXi host configuration (2042141)
        https://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2042141

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          Ghani
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          ESXi backup help to restore config on new VMware host hypervisor??

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            scottalanmiller @Ghani
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            @ghani said in how to take full backup of VMware ESXi bare mental hypervisor ? because i need to install patches on VMware host .:

            ESXi backup help to restore config on new VMware host hypervisor??

            Yes. That's what it does.

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              StorageNinja Vendor
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              At large scale people tend to use host profiles or some sort of state management so they can just restore configurations.

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                StorageNinja Vendor @StorageNinja
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                Also note: ESXi has 2 boot banks so if one corrupts or doesn't install cleanly (to where it can't boot) it will roll back to the alternative one.

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                  Ghani @scottalanmiller
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                  @scottalanmiller

                  ok i will check

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                    Ghani @StorageNinja
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                    @storageninja said in how to take full backup of VMware ESXi bare mental hypervisor ? because i need to install patches on VMware host .:

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                    yes i know , that it recovery mode

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