# Restoring a Full Virtual Machine In Place for Apache CloudStack

You can restore VMs in place, to their original location. You can initiate a restore operation for a specific VM from the Virtual machines page or from the VM groups page.

## Prerequisites

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

## Procedure

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

   The Overview page appears.

2. On the VM groups tab, for the VM that you want to restore, click the action button (...) and then select Restore.

   The Select restore type page appears.

3. Click Full virtual machine.

   The Full virtual machine page appears.

4. To select a specific MediaAgent and/or source for the restore, in the upper-right area of the page, click Change source.

   By default, the Commvault software automatically selects the MediaAgent and source as follows:

   - MediaAgent: The software uses the MediaAgent that performed the backup.

   - Restore from copy: By default, the software searches for the requested data in the primary copy. If the data is not found in the primary copy, the software selects a secondary or auxiliary copy.

   For more information, see MediaAgent and Copy Precedence Considerations for Virtualization Restores.

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

   The restore wizard appears.

## Perform an In Place Restore

1. For Type, select In place.

2. For Access node, select Automatic, an access node, or an access node group.

   If you are restoring multiple VMs, select Automatic to distribute the workload across the access nodes that are assigned for the destination hypervisor. The VMs are assigned to the access nodes that are present on the same host. If no host match is found, then any of the available access nodes from the selected destination hypervisor are used.

   If you select an access node group to restore VMs, the Commvault software distributes the workload across the access nodes that are available in the access node group.

3. Click Next.

   The Virtual Machines page appears.

4. Click Next.

   The Restore Options page appears.

5. Specify the following settings:

   - Power on VMs after restore: Automatically start VMs after they are restored.

   - Unconditionally overwrite if it already exists: Overwrites current state of the VM with the restored VM.

   - Notify user on job completion: Receive an email notification that the restore is complete.

6. Click Next.

   The Summary page appears.

7. Review the summary, and then click Submit to start the restore.

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