There is nothing that worries an administrator more than losing data or components of their infrastructure. In order to prevent this from happening in the vSphere environment, you should always perform backups of the system, so, if for some reason there is a major problem or corruption, you have a method to recover. The first step toward protecting your vCenter is to have a good backup of the important components.

These procedures should be developed and tested before the disaster happens. There is nothing like trying to figure out how to recover from a problem when you don't have a recent backup or you do not have the exact process to perform the restore. Having a clearly documented backup and recovery procedure will allow the administrator to focus on the actual recovery, and not on wondering how to approach the problem.

Now that you have the backup and recovery procedure, as mentioned earlier, you can use it to protect your infrastructure from unexpected problems...