Hello dbutch1976, Just few clarifications and suggestions, - Do you have standalone vCenter or in linked mode. ? - Taking snapshot with vCenter powered on should not have any issue and as per VMwa...
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Hello dbutch1976, Just few clarifications and suggestions, - Do you have standalone vCenter or in linked mode. ? - Taking snapshot with vCenter powered on should not have any issue and as per VMware donot have any such guidance. I am not sure if any operations related any running service might be running and when you restored that config file for that service might have deleted. - Just to be clear, The recommended backup and restore process for the vCenter Appliance is via https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/7.0/com.vmware.vcenter.install.doc/GUID-3EAED005-B0A3-40CF-B40D-85AD247D7EA4.html (File based backup and restore allows you to take automatic scheduled backups) - If you want to go with snapshot, preferably just go for it if it is standalone vCenter and not in linked mode. - You can refer to this blog which explains, why snapshot can create a issue with linked mode, https://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/2019/10/considerations-for-vsphere-component-backup-and-restore-part-2.html - Just a suggestion, for vCenter (whether standalone or linked mode) try to use file based backups.
