About Restoring Physical Imaging Standard to a Hyper-V Virtual Machine

When you perform a Hyper-V Virtual Machine restore, you are presented with the following recovery options for the Hyper-V VM you are creating:

Sandboxed test recovery is useful during tests or demonstrations because a recovery VM that is disconnected from the production network is created. This option ensures the production system’s network connectivity is not interrupted by the test restore.
Production recovery is used to minimize downtime during a disaster. The recovered VM can be set to connect to a user-defined external virtual switch. This feature ensures that the recovered VM is connected to the appropriate network when powered on.

Physical Imaging Standard Virtual Machine Restore Tabs.

The following table provides a description of the tab page features.

Page	Description
Select	Select at least one available volume/revision to restore to the VM.
Destination	Choose where the data is restored. Select how to verify and recover your data to the restore destination. Sandboxed Test Recovery is a non-destructive means for you to verify the integrity of your backed-up images without affecting normal business operation. Your production images remain powered on and operational. Production Recovery performs a recovery of your production images with selected recovery images.
Summary	A list of your selections is displayed.

Page

Description

Select

Select at least one available volume/revision to restore to the VM.

Destination

Choose where the data is restored.

Select how to verify and recover your data to the restore destination.

Sandboxed Test Recovery is a non-destructive means for you to verify the integrity of your backed-up images without affecting normal business operation. Your production images remain powered on and operational.
Production Recovery performs a recovery of your production images with selected recovery images.

Summary

A list of your selections is displayed.