Restore a VMware ESX Server 2.5.x Virtual Machine

The system allows you to restore an individual guest operating system running under the VMware ESX Server using the Linux File System iDataAgent.

Required Capability: See Capabilities and Permitted Actions

wedge.gif (136 bytes)To restore a corrupted or missing virtual machine (guest operating system)

  1. Check the Virtual Machine Web Console to ensure that the virtual machine (guest operating system) to be restored is in the “power off” state.
  2. Once the guest operating system is powered off, go to the CommCell Console. For the appropriate Linux File System iDataAgent default backup set, browse and select the guest operating system file and (if necessary) any guest operating system configuration files to be restored, and then click Recover All Selected.
  3. From the Restore Options (General) dialog box, select Unconditional Overwrite and Restore to Same Paths. Thereafter, continue your restore.

Once the restore has completed, use the Virtual Machine Web Console to restart the guest operating system.