Replace a host from backup

[jb3vi]

On a vsphere 5.5 with View 5.3, I want to replace a Host. I backup the host by vicfg-cfgbackup command line. I think to restore the configuration by the same utility on a new hardware.

The desktop on view point to single host and no to the cluster.

This is the right procedure or I must do something on view console?

[Madmax01]

Hello theire,

is theire something special with Vmware View as you want to save the configs?

VMware KB: Backing up and restoring ESXi configuration using the vSphere Command-Line Interface and ...

as normally a Esxi is very fast installed. and all configs could be placed in a SH file to proceed etc,....  . i feal not very safe restoring configs etc,......  paranoia haha

thx

Max