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If you have taken a standard backup (non-application aware), you can restore:
Full VM restore, restores the entire VM with all its VMDKs from a selected recovery point.
During original restore, the virtual machine will be restored at the same data store and ESXi as it was present before the restore. The original virtual machine will be overwritten. If the target virtual machine has new VM disks attached which were not present at the time of backup then they will be detached.
Note: Virtual machine restore to original location is a Guest Repair operation. This requires the original virtual machine to be present during the restore operation.
You can restore virtual machines to an alternate location in the following scenarios:
To know more about the restore workflow, see About VMware restores.
For backup and restore of VMs with NVMe controllers or disks, the following scenarios and limitations are applicable:
Note: Druva does not power on a full virtual machine restored to an alternate location.
Field | Description |
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Destination VMware Setup | From the dropdown list, select the VMware setup where you want to restore the virtual machine. |
Backup Proxy Pool |
Lists the backup proxy pools available in the vCenter server. It is recommended that you select a backup proxy pool with backup proxies that are locally connected to the destination hypervisor for restore. |
Destination Hypervisor | From the dropdown list, select the ESXi hypervisor where you want to restore this virtual machine. |
Destination Datastore | From the dropdown list, select the data store where you want to restore this virtual machine. |
Available Space |
In the case of a full restore, the destination must at least have 1 GB space excess than the files being restored. In the case of disk restore, the destination must have at least have space equal to the files being restored. |
Compute Resource |
Select host, cluster, or a resource pool where you want to restore the virtual machine. You cannot select a datacenter or a folder. This option is not available if you are restoring a virtual machine to a standalone ESXi host. |
Folder |
Select a folder under the data center hierarchy where you want to restore the virtual machine. This option is not available if you are restoring a virtual machine to a standalone ESXi host. |
Network |
Select a network setting available at the destination hypervisor. For on-premises, If a network adapter was not attached to the virtual machine at the time of backup, Druva will attach the VMXNET3 or VMXNET2 type adapter and restore the virtual machine with the selected network setting. If a network adapter was attached to the virtual machine at the time of backup, Druva will restore the virtual machine with the backed up network adapter and selected network setting. If multiple network adapters were attached to the virtual machine at the time of backup, Druva will restore the virtual machine with all the adapters and selected network settings. For troubleshooting network issues, see Troubleshooting. |
Recovered VM Name (Optional) |
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Review the restore details, and click Finish. After clicking Finish, Druva initiates restore pre-checks. These checks look for issues that can cause your restore job to fail before the restore has even started. Druva does not initiate a restore job if the restore pre-checks identify any issues. You must fix any identified issues before restoring your data. For more information, see VMware restore pre-checks.
Druva creates a new virtual machine with the same configuration as the original virtual machine using the following naming syntax:
<Name of the original virtual machine>_<counter>
The <counter> increments by 1 for subsequent restores of the virtual machine.
Example:
Suppose you want to perform a full VM restore of a virtual machine called Test Virtual Machine to an alternate location and the Recovered VM name is left blank or a folder called Test Virtual Machine already exists in the datastore, Druva will name the recovered virtual machine Test Virtual Machine_1.
If you perform a second full VM restore of the same virtual machine to an alternate location and leave the Recovered VM name field blank or a folder with the name Test Virtual Machine already exists in the datastore, Druva will name the recovered virtual machine Test Virtual Machine_2.
The triggered restored request is processed in one of the following manners:
If you change the virtual machine configuration such as name, memory, and vCPUs after backing up the virtual machine:
If Changed Block Tracking (CBT) was disabled at the time of backup.