# Convert to HPE Morpheus VM Essentials

When restoring VMware virtual machines from backup, you can restore the VMs to run on HPE Morpheus VM Essentials. You can perform VM conversions from streaming backups or secondary copies.

## Prerequisites

Create a HPE Morpheus VM Essentials hypervisor.

## Considerations

- Disk sizes from VMware VMs are rounded to the nearest whole GB when the VM is converted to a Morpheus VM. For example, a 1.5 GB disk is converted to 2 GB, and a 100 MB disk is converted to 1 GB.

- VMware VM tags are not restored to the converted Morpheus instance.

- Converted VMs use different disk controllers based on the disk number. The OS disk and the first six disks use SATA controllers, disks 7 through 261 use VirtIO SCSI controllers, and the next 24 disks use VirtIO block controllers. If the VM contains more than six disks, the guest OS must include VirtIO drivers so that disks 7 and later are detected correctly.

## Start the restore wizard

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

2. Click the VM groups tab.

3. On the VM groups tab, in the row for the VM group, click the action button, and then click Restore.

4. To convert the full virtual machine, select Full virtual machine.

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

## Specify the restore destination

1. For Type, select Out of place.

2. For Restore as, select HPE Morpheus VM Essentials.

3. For Destination, select the hypervisor to restore the instances to.

4. For Access node, select Automatic or select an access node.

   Access node considerations

   If you're restoring multiple instances, select Automatic to distribute the workload across available access nodes for the destination hypervisor.

   - If the target host is an access node, instances are restored to that host

   - If the target host is not an access node, instances are distributed across access nodes using the round-robin method

   The Automatic option is available for full restore and conversion operations from streaming backups and IntelliSnap backup copies.

5. Click Next.

## Specify the VM settings

Restore one VM only

1. Select the VM to restore.

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

   - VM display name: Enter a name for the restored VM.

   - 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 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 multiple VMs

1. Select the VM to restore.

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

   - Add a prefix to the VM name: To add a prefix to the VM display names, enable the toggle and then enter the prefix.

   - Add a suffix to the VM name: To add a suffix to the VM display names, enable the toggle and then enter the suffix.

   - 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.

   - 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.

## Specify the restore options

1. Specify the settings:

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

     The power state of the virtual machine does not affect subsequent backups.

   - 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.

## Review the summary and start the restore

1. Review the summary to verify the settings.

2. Click Submit to start the restore.

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