Restoring Full HPE Morpheus VM Essentials Instances Out of Place

You can restore full HPE Morpheus VM Essentials instances to a different location (out of place).

Prerequisites

If a passkey is configured for restores, you must have the passkey.

Start the Restore Wizard

1. From the Command Center navigation pane, go to Protect > Virtual machines.

2. On the Virtual machines tab, click the instance.

3. In the Recovery points section, click Restore.

4. Click Full virtual machine.

5. Select the instances to restore, and then click Restore.

Destination Page

1. For Type, select Out of place.

2. For Restore as, leave HPE Morpheus VM Essentials selected.

3. From the Destination list, select the destination hypervisor to restore the instances to.

4. For Access node, leave Automatic (the default value) selected, or select an access node or an access node group.

5. Click Next.

Virtual Machines Page

1. To configure the restore options, select the instances to apply the settings to.

2. Click Configure restore options, and then specify the following:

   • VM display name: Enter a name for the restored instance.

     Important

     If an existing instance with the same name exists on the destination host and you do not select Unconditionally overwrite if it already exists (on the next page of the restore wizard), then the restore fails.

   • Cloud: Select a Morpheus cloud from the list.

   • Cluster: Based on the Morpheus cloud selected, select a HVM cluster.

   • Host: Select a host from the list.

   • Service plan: Select a service plan from the list to assign a custom CPU and memory profile to the restored virtual machine.

   • Storage: Select original to retain the source instance disk datastores for restores or select a specific storage datastores from the list.

   • VM disk configuration options: To override storage datastore at individual disk level, enable the toggle key and then select the storage datastores for each disk.

   • Network settings: You can create, modify, or delete network interfaces.

     • To create a network interface, click Add.

     • To modify an existing network interface, click the action button , and then select Edit.

     • To delete an existing network interface, click the action button , and then select Delete.

     Note

     Make sure to select at least one network interface for restore.

3. Click Next.

Restore Options Page

1. Specify the settings:

   • Power on VMs after restore: Automatically start the instances after they are restored.

   • Unconditionally overwrite if it already exists: If an existing instance with the same name exists on the destination host, delete it and replace it with the restore instance.

     Important

     If an existing instance with the same name exists on the destination host and you do not select Unconditionally overwrite if it already exists, then the restore fails.

   • Reuse existing VM client: Redirect the restored instance to the source instance. Enabling this setting applies all information (including instance name, instance ID, and host name) from the source instance to the restored instance.

   • Notify user on job completion: Send an email notification that the restore is complete.

   • Schedule restore job: To schedule the restore job at a specific interval for a period of time, enable this option, and then provide the schedule details.

   • Additional options:

     • Generate new GUID for VMs: Generate a new GUID for the restored instance.

2. Click Next.

Summary Page

1. Review the summary.

2. Click Submit.