You can restore one or more virtual machines at a time. A virtual machines can be restored in place (overwriting the source virtual machine) or out of place (with a different VM name, or to a different server).
Restore Considerations
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If a virtual machine is added to subclient content or to a filter by browsing and selecting the virtual machine display name, discovery is performed based on the GUID for the virtual machine. If that virtual machine is later restored in place from a backup, a new GUID is generated, and that virtual machine is no longer identified correctly. To identify that virtual machine, you must remove the old rule, then add a new rule or use a name pattern to select the virtual machine.
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If you are using a Windows proxy, ensure that you are restoring the VM to a different CNA host than the host where the VSA proxy resides. You can use a proxy that is outside of the FusionCompute environment.
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For restores to a SAN datastore, the VSA proxy must have write access.
Procedure
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From the CommCell Browser, expand Client Computers > virtualization_client> Virtual Server > FusionCompute > backup_set.
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Initiate the restore from a subclient or backup set:
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From a subclient: Right-click the subclient and then select Browse and Restore.
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From a backup set: Right-click the backup set, point to All Tasks, and click Browse and Restore.
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In the Browse and Restore Options dialog box, ensure that Full Virtual Machine is selected, and then click View Content.
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From the list of backed up virtual machines in the Client tab, select one or more virtual machines to be restored and click Recover All Selected.
The Restore VM wizard launches and displays the Destination page.
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Specify the destination and the proxy to be used for the restore.
By default, VMs are restored in place to the original location for the source VM, and the restore is performed using the preferred VSA proxy for the virtualization client.
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In Place: To restore a virtual machine out of place, clear this check box.
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Virtualization Client: To restore to a different VRM, select the virtualization client from the list.
If you are using a Windows proxy, ensure that you are restoring the VM to a different CNA host than the host where the VSA proxy resides.
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Instance Details: This area displays the IP address for the VRM and the user account specified for the virtualization client.
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Proxy Client: By default, the VSA proxy that performed the backup is used for the restore. Only proxies that match the type of the virtualization client are displayed.
If you are using a Windows proxy, ensure that you are restoring the VM to a different CNA host than the host where the VSA proxy resides. You can use a proxy that is outside of the FusionCompute environment.
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Click Next.
The wizard displays the Virtual Machines page.
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For an out-of-place restore, specify parameters for the restore:
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VM and Disk: This column shows information for the source virtual machine. You can expand a virtual machine to view disks.
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Change VM display name to: Enter the new display name for the virtual machine.
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Cluster / Host: Click in the row for the server name, click ..., and then select a new cluster or server.
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Datastore: To restore a disk to a different datastore, click in the row for a virtual machine disk and select a datastore from the list.
Select Do Not Attach to restore the VM without that disk.
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Click Next.
The wizard displays the Restore Options page.
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Optional: Select restore options:
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Power ON Virtual Machine after Restore: Select this check box to start the virtual machine automatically after the restore is complete.
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Unconditionally Overwrite VM with the same name: Select this check box to overwrite any existing virtual machines with the same names in the target location.
If you do not select this check box when restoring a virtual machine to a location that has a virtual machine with the same name, the restore fails.
Disk Provisioning: Use the default value (Original) to retain the provisioning method used at the time of backup.
Select a value from the Disk Provisioning list to force a specific disk provisioning method: Thick Lazy Zero, Thin, or Common.
When restoring VMs to the FusionStorage datastore, only Thin disk provisioning is supported.
To use SAN transport, the disk provisioning must be Common.
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Click Next.
The wizard displays the Job Options page.
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Run the job immediately or configure a schedule for the restore.
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Click Next.
The wizard displays a Summary page for the restore.
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Click Finish to submit the restore job.