Getting Started - VMware Restore

Perform a Restore

As restoring your backup data is very crucial, it is recommended that you perform a restore operation immediately after your first full backup to understand the process.

The following sections describe the steps involved in restoring a virtual machine to a different Virtual Center/ESX Server.

1.
  • From the CommCell Console, navigate to Policies | Storage Policies.
  • Right-click the <storage policy> and click Properties.
  • Click the Copy Precedence tab.
  • By default, the snapshot copy is set to 1 and is used for the operation.

    You can also use a different copy for performing the operation. For the copy that you want to use, set the copy precedence as 1.

  • Click OK.
2.
  • From the CommCell Console, navigate to <Client> | Virtual Server.
  • Right-click the subclient that contains the data you want to restore and click All Tasks | Browse Backup Data.
3.
  • Select the MediaAgent that was used during the storage policy creation from the Use MediaAgent drop-down list. This MediaAgent should be the one you installed along with the Virtual Server agent.
  • Click OK.

 
4.
  • Select the virtual machine under the backup set. Its entire contents will be automatically selected in the right pane.
  • Click Recover All Selected.
5. Select the Destination ESX Server to which the virtual machine will be restored.
6. Select the Datastore to which the disk will be restored.

If the selected datastore does not meet the minimum requirements needed to restore the virtual machine, you can repeat this step until an acceptable datastore is found.
7.
  • Enter the VM Name for the virtual machine.

    Ensure that you provide a fully qualified name for the virtual machine. Entering an IP address will cause the restore operation to fail.

  • Click OK.

 
8. You can monitor the progress of the restore job in the Job Controller window of the CommCell Console.
9. Once the virtual machine is restored, it is automatically mounted to the virtual center/ESX Server you selected.

Congratulations - You have successfully completed your first backup and restore.

If you want to further explore this Agent's features read the Advanced sections of this documentation.

If you want to configure another client, go back to Setup Clients.