Restore a VMware virtual machine

Infrascale Backup & Disaster Recovery allows you to restore virtual machines (VMs) to the same or to a different VMware host connected to the CFA.

To restore a VMware VM:

1. In the Management Console of the Cloud Failover Appliance (CFA), go to Clients › VMware (or to Clients › Summary).

2. Select a VMware VM to restore.

3. Click Restore on the actions toolbar, or right-click the selected VM, and then click Restore in the context menu.

   

   The restore wizard opens.

4. Select a backup job associated with the VM to restore from, and then click Next.

   

5. Select a restore method, and then click Next.

   Method	Description
   Restore to Existing Virtual Machine	Backup is restored to the VM existing on its original host. Note: This restore method does not affect the VM configuration. New virtual disks may appear as a result of restoring, but no other devices are added, removed, or changed.
   Create New Virtual Machine	Backup is restored to a new VM on the original or on an alternate host

   

6. Select options and configure settings for the selected restore method.

   Restore to Existing Virtual Machine

   1. Select if you want to create a snapshot of the VM, name it, and then click Next.

      The restore process only updates virtual disks for the current snapshot of the restored VM. To preserve data on those virtual disks, create a new snapshot before restoring.

      

   2. Review the restore details and select if you want to power on the VM after restoring.

      

   Create New Virtual Machine

   1. Configure where and how to create the VM, and then click Next.

      Destination	A VMware host licensed and connected to the CFA to create the VM on
      Datastore	Datastore is used for the core VM data. Virtual disks can be stored on different datastores.
      Resource Pool	Resource pool is used to control the CPU and memory access of the VM

      

   2. Select datastores for the disks of the restored VM, and then click Next.

      By default, all VM disks use the same datastore as the core VM data. You can select a separate datastore for each disk. For this, click the respective cell in the Datastore column.

      

   3. Enter a name for the new VM, and then click Next.

      

   4. Review the restore settings and details, and select if you want to immediately power on the VM after it is restored.

      

7. Click Finish to start restoring.

   You can monitor the status of the restore in the Action column in Clients › VMware.