Restore

Restore your VM or files from virtual disk to the Original location or Alternate location.

Key:

Field Description
Select what to restore For VM, one option is available, ie. 'Choose from files as of job'.
Restore raw files Save the VMDK, XML, VDDK files on your hard disk.
Restore virtual machines to There are two options: 'Original location' and 'Alternate location'.
Run Direct This option will be shown when you restore VMware backup. This feature will allow the user to restore virtual machine by mounting the backup destination as a data store, where the VM will be run backup directly from the backup data. The Run Direct check box is enabled by default.
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With the Run Direct option enabled while the VM is running, the %edition_name% application interface is required to turn on.

Auto migrate after Run Direct is running With the Run Direct option enabled, there is a process to mount the backup destination as a NAS data store on a VMware host. The VM will then be run directly from the backup data until it is moved to its target restore destination.
Auto power on after Run Direct is running To power on the virtual machine after the Run Direct is running.
Use vSphere vMotion to migrate To allow live migration while the VM remains running.
Verify checksum of in-file delta files during restore To verify if the merged files were correct. This will make the restore process time longer.

There are three restore scenarios for VMs stored on the vSAN which apply to both Normal and RunDirect Restore:

To perform a Normal Restore

  1. Select the backup snapshot from the 'Select what to restore' drop down box. If you choose 'Choose from files as of job', you can select the date and time of the backup from the date and time drop down box.
  2. Select the VM that you want to restore from the file tree. Click on the [+] in the file tree to expand the tree, [-] to collapse the tree. Click on the check box, all the files will be selected.
  3. Select 'Restore files to' to choose restore location.

    For Alternate location:

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    Note:
    When restoring a VM to the vSAN, it is important to select the host which will run the guest VM from the vSAN cluster. Then select the datastore to be used as storage.

    For Alternate location (Raw File):

    After restore as raw file, users need to place the files under the sub-folder together with the files in the root folder, in order for the restored VM to start up normally when users import these raw files directly back to ESXi or vCenter.

  4. Click on Restore to begin the restore process.

To perform a RunDirect Restore

  1. Select the backup snapshot from the 'Select what to restore' drop down box. If you choose 'Choose from files as of job', you can select the date and time of the backup from the date and time drop down box.
  2. Select the VM that you want to restore from the file tree.
  3. For Original location:

    For Alternate location:

  4. Click on [Restore] to begin the restore process.

To migrate virtual machine back to the VMware datastore (only applicable if "Auto migrate after Run Direct is running" is unselected):

  1. When the Run Direct is enabled after the VM is powered on, you can click "Migrae Virtual Machine" from the bottom left corner.
  2. Select the VM that you need to manage then click [Migrate Virtual Machine] to permanently restore the VM to the VMware host.


To perform a Granular Restore

  1. You will be prompted to install drivers if you perform Granular restore for this backup set on this machine for the first time. Make sure you click [Yes] to proceed.
  2. Select the drive where you wish the mounted image to be mapped on your machine then click [OK] to proceed.
  3. Select the files to be restored.
  4. Select the path where the restored files will be saved by clicking the [Browse] button. Click [Restore] to start the restoration process.
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As a result of the limitation of the virtual file system library, the mapped drive will only be unmounted from your machine when you exit %edition_name%. In other words, each Granular restore session on %edition_name% can only mount and unmount once.

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Please note that the add network drive feature is not supported in the 'Restore raw file' option. This option can only select network drives which have already been setup in Windows.