Applicable Products
These instructions apply to the following products:
- Barracuda Intronis Backup - MSP
Overview
With VMware Standard restores, you can perform the following actions:
- Restore VMs locally or from the cloud
- Restore VMs in a sandboxed test mode or production mode
- Choose to start the VMs automatically upon restore or not
VMware Standard Restore Tabs
The following table provides a description of the page.
Page | Description |
---|---|
Select | Select at least one available VM to restore. |
Recovery Type | Select how to verify and recover your data to the restore destination.
When enabled, Auto Start starts the VMs automatically upon restore. |
Recovery VM Destination | You are required to select a Destination Host and Datastore of the recovery VM for each selected VM source. The Resource Pool and VM Folder selections are optional, but you must select the None option. |
Summary | A list of your selections is displayed. |
Restoring VMware Standard Backup Sets
To restore a VMware Standard backup set, perform the following steps.
- Navigate to the Computer page.
The Computer page is displayed. - Click the Restore tab.
The Restore Selections page is displayed. - Click the restore icon of the backup type you want to restore.
The Select page is displayed - In the Current Selection pane, select the VMs and revisions to be restored.
Clicking the arrow at the right of the VM displays more revisions of the VM.
Your selection is displayed in the right pane. Click the remove icon to remove any selections, or clear the item check box. - After making your selections, click Next.
The Recovery Type page is displayed. - Select a Restore type radio button.
If you select Sandboxed Test Recovery (default option):- The source/production VMs are not shut down.
- The recovery VMs selected are started on their own separate VLAN to avoid conflicts with the production VMs.
- The source/production VMs are shut down (if available).
- The recovery VMs selected are started on the production network. They assume the role of the original production VMs.
- Optionally, select the After the VM(s) is restored, automatically start it check box, and then click Next.
The Recovery VM Destination page is displayed.
Requirements: You must select the Destination Host and the Datastore that is hosting the recovery VMs. The Resource Pool and VM Folder are optional; however, you must select None on the Destination page if you do not want these options. - To add a new destination host server, perform the following steps; else proceed to next step.
- Select the ellipsis in the Destination Host column.
The Destination Host pop up is displayed.
CAUTION! As a best practice, select a host for your restore destination that does not already contain the protected VM. If the same host is selected and fails, both the protected VM and the recovery VM are lost. - Select the Destination Host.
Note that the Change Server Credentials option is activated. - To change server credentials, perform the steps below; else proceed to next step.
- Select the Destination Host.
The ellipses are displayed for the other options. - Select the ellipsis in the Resource Pool column.
The Resource Pool pop up is displayed. - Select the Resource Pool radio button or the None radio button, if you do not want a Resource Pool, and then click OK.
- Select the ellipsis in the VM Folder column.
The VM Folder pop up is displayed. - Select the VM Folder radio button or the None radio button, if you do not want a VM Folder, and then click OK.
- Select the ellipsis in the Datastore column.
The Datastore pop up is displayed. - Select a Datastore radio button, and then click OK.
After making your selections, the completed configuration is denoted with a check mark. - Click Next.
The Summary page is displayed - Verify your selections, and then click the Restore button.
If you selected Production Recovery at the Destination page, then the following confirmation pop-up is displayed. - By selecting the checkbox and selecting Yes, the currently running Production VM(s) are shut down and replaced by the VMware QuickSpin VMs you have selected to restore.
- Click the Yes, restore the selected VM(s) check box, and then click Yes.
If you selected Sandboxed Test Recovery at the Destination page, then the following confirmation pop-up is displayed. - Click Yes.
The Restores Selections page is displayed with the restore running.
Note: To stop the restore, click the Click to Stop icon.
The Restores Selections page is displayed showing the status of the restore.
Note: if the destination host you restore to has a VM with the same name, the restored VM appends the following extension to the name:
_Recovery (or Recovery1 if _Recovery exists).