Read more/comment at This is more of a lab notes video, with me setting out to find a way to have a fall-back plan should something go wrong with my test VCSA 6.5 appliance, such as this problem with another VCSA instance: Figured it was a good time to go ahead and try out NAKIVO's update patch, and satisfy my curiosity about whether it could backup ESXi/vSphere 6.5 VMs (you shouldn't, it's not supported yet!)