Di seguito un interessante tutorial che permette di effettuare il backup delle configurazioni di un server ESX(i) tramite il VMware vSphere Management Assistant (vMA)
Il tutorial completo qui:
"The VMware vSphere Management Assistant (vMA) is a prepackaged Linux
virtual machine in which administrators can deploy scripts and select
third-party agents to manage ESX and ESXi systems. Software included in
vMA includes vSphere CLI, an authentication component that supports
non-interactive login, and a log collection component."