Full Virtual Machine Restore

Full Virtual Machine Restore provides users to restore an entire virtual machine from a backup file and to have full disk I/O performance. In this section, you will learn how to restore a full virtual machine step-by-step.

Contents

1. Before You Start
2. Launch the Full Virtual Machine Restore Wizard
3. Restore Wizard: Select Virtual Machines and Restore Point
4. Restore Wizard: Select Restore Mode
5. Restore Wizard: Configure Restore Settings
6. Restore Wizard: Apply and Restore

Before You Start

Full Virtual Machine Restore provides users to restore an entire virtual machine from a backup file to the latest state or a previous point in time if the primary virtual machine fails. It takes more time and resources to restore but has full disk I/O performance.

Launch the Full Virtual Machine Restore Wizard

Launch the restore wizard to restore virtual machines to the most recent state or any available restore point through full virtual machine restore, you can do one of the following:
• At Active Backup for Business > Virtual Machine > Virtual Machine, single select the virtual machine you want to restore and click Restore to launch the restore wizard and select full virtual machine restore 
• At Active Backup for Business > Virtual Machine > Task, select the backup task you want to restore and click Restore to launch the restore wizard and select full virtual machine restore.

Restore Wizard: Select Virtual Machines and Restore Point

Select the virtual machines you want to restore and a restore point for each selected virtual machine.

Restore Wizard: Select Restore Mode

Select the restore mode you want to perform.
• Restore to the original location: Restore the selected virtual machine to its original location, with the original name and settings. This option minimizes the chance of user input error and will un-register and replace the original virtual machine in the production site.
• Restore to a new location, or with different settings: This option allows you to customize the destination and settings for the restored virtual machine.

Restore Wizard: Configure Restore Settings

If you choose Restore to the original location, this step will be skipped.

For users who choose Restore to a new location, or with different settings, please specify a name, and select a folder, hypervisor, resource pool, datastore, and network to run the restored virtual machine.

Restore Wizard: Apply and Restore

On the task summary page, please check the information of the restored virtual machine and click Apply to start. You will then be directed to Restore Status to monitor the restoration progress.

Enable Power on VM automatically after restoration if you want to run the restored virtual machine immediately. For testing purposes, it’s recommended to keep this option disabled, manually disconnect the initial virtual machine from the production network, and connect it to an isolated non-production network to avoid conflicts.