Getting Started - Xen Restore

Perform a Restore

It is recommended that you perform a restore operation immediately after your first full backup to understand the process. The following section describes the steps involved in restoring a virtual machine.

1.
  • From the CommCell Console, navigate to <Client> | Virtual Server.
  • Right-click the backup set that contains the data you want to restore and click All Tasks | Browse Backup Data.
2. Click OK.

 
3.
  • Select the virtual machine under the backup set. Its entire contents will be automatically selected in the right pane.
  • Click Recover All Selected.
4.
  • Select Override Default Selection.
  • Enter the Xen Server Host. This host should be the Master Server of the Xen pool.
  • Click Change.
  • Enter the user name and password of the Xen Server Host. The credentials entered should be the root credentials.
5.
  • Click Browse for Storage Repositories.
  • Select a storage repository from the available set of storage devices.
  • Click OK.

If the selected storage repository does not meet the minimum requirements needed to restore the virtual machine, you can repeat this step until an acceptable storage repository is found.
6. 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.

 
6.
  • Click the Job Initiation tab.
  • Select Immediate to run the job immediately.
  • Click OK.
7. You can monitor the progress of the restore job in the Job Controller or Event Viewer window of the CommCell Console.
8. Once the restore job has completed, right-click the entity (e.g. agent, instance) and click View | Restore History.

If the entity chosen is the client computer, click View | Job History.
9. Click OK.
10. You can view the following details about the job by right-clicking the job:
  • View Restore Items

    You can view them as Successful, Failed, Skipped or All.

  • View Job Details
  • View Events of the restore job.
  • View Log files of the restore job.
11. Once the virtual machine is restored, it is automatically mounted to the Xen Server Host you specified.

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.