Issue taking backup of ESXi Configuration

Issue:-
You might have faced the following issue when trying to take a configuration backup of
ESXi
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI>vicfg-cfgbackup.pl -save --server
172.xx.xx.xxx backup.bak
Enter username: root
Enter password:*****
Server version unavailable at 'https://localhost:443/sdk/vimService.wsdl' at C:/Program
Files/VMware/VMware vSphere CLI/Perl/lib/VMware/VICommon.pm line 545,
line 2.



Resolution:-
Run the perl.exe and vicfg-cfgbackup.pl from the original location
C:\>"C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\Perl\bin\perl.exe" "C:\Program
Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin\esxcfg-cfgbackup.pl" -save --server 172.xx.xx.xx
test_bkf.bkf
Enter username: root
Enter password:*******
Saving firmware configuration to test_bkf.bkf ...
By default the backup of configuration file will be saved under
C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere
CLI

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