After restoring a vCenter Server instance, you must validate the state of the vCenter Server and vCenter Single Sign-On.
Procedure
- In a web browser, log in to the management domain vCenter Server by using the vSphere Client (https://<vcenter_server_fqdn>/ui).
- In the inventory, click the management domain vCenter Server inventory, click the Summary tab, and verify that there are no unexpected vCenter Server alerts.
- Click the Linked vCenter Server systems tab and verify that the list contains all other vCenter Server instances in the vCenter Single Sign-On domain.
- Log in to the recovered vCenter Server instance by using a Secure Shell (SSH) client.
- Run the command to navigate to the bin directory.
cd /usr/lib/vmware-vmdir/bin
- Validate the current replication status.
- Run the command to list the current replication partners of the vCenter Server instance with the current replication status between the nodes.
vdcrepadmin -f showpartnerstatus -h localhost -u administrator -w vsphere_admin_password
- Verify that for each partner, the vdcrepadmin command output contains Host available: Yes, Status available: Yes, and Partner is 0 changes behind.
- If you observe significant differences, because the resyncing might take some time, wait five minutes and repeat this step.
- Repeat the procedure for the other vCenter Server instance.