# Restoring a Full Virtual Machine Out of Place for Apache CloudStack

You can restore a full Apache CloudStack VM out of place using a regular restore operation. 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. Click the VM groups tab.

   The VM group page appears.

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

   The Select restore type page appears.

4. Click Full virtual machine.

   The Full virtual machine page appears.

5. 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.

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

   The restore wizard appears.

## Restore the VM out of place

1. For Type, select Out of place.

2. For Restore as, Apache CloudStack is selected by default.

3. For Destination, select the client to restore the VMs to.

4. 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. First, the VMs are assigned to the access nodes that are in the same region. If no access nodes are available in the same region, the VMs are assigned to access nodes using the round-robin method.

   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.

5. Click Next.

   The Virtual Machines page appears.

### Configure restore content for one or more VMs

1. For Change display name to, you can enter another name for the restored VM.

2. For advanced restore configuration options, select the VM to restore and click Configure restore options.

   The Configure restore options page appears.

3. Configure the following settings.

   - For VM display name, if you are restoring a single VM, enter another name for the restored VM.

     Note

     If an existing VM with the same name exists on the destination host and you do not select Overwrite VMs if they already exist, the restore fails.

   - For Owner type, select the owner type for the restored virtual machine. This setting determines whether the restored VM is owned by an Account or a Project in the Apache CloudStack environment.

   - For Domain, select the Apache CloudStack domain where the restored virtual machine will be created.

   - For Account, select the Apache CloudStack account that will own the restored virtual machine. The available accounts are based on the selected domain.

   - For Host, enter a name of the destination host to restore to.

   - For Template, select the Apache CloudStack template to use when restoring the virtual machine. The restored VM is created using the selected template.

   - For Compute offering, select the Apache CloudStack compute offering that defines the CPU, memory, and resource allocation for the restored virtual machine.

   - For SSH key pairs, select an existing Apache CloudStack SSH key pair to associate with the restored virtual machine, or leave this option unselected if SSH access is not required.

   - Networks: Select one or more NICs to restore based on network rule matching.

   - Disks: Override the disk offering for the root disk or data disks.

     For the root disk, None can be available when the source instance's root disk was created through a compute offering instead of a disk offering. Select None to restore the root disk without associating a disk offering, or select an available disk offering to override the source configuration.

     Data disks require a disk offering, so None isn't available for data disks.

4. Click Save.

5. Click Next.

   The Restore Options page appears.

6. Configure the following settings:

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

   - Unconditionally overwrite if it already exists: Delete an existing VM with the same name and replace it with the restored VM.

   - Reuse existing VM client: Redirect the restored VM client to the source VM. Enabling this option will map all information, such as Client Name, Host Name, and Client ID of the VM client to the source VM.

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

   - Additional Options: Specify the following:

     - Generate new GUID for VMs: Move the toggle key to the right to generate a new GUID for the restored VM.

7. Click Next.

   The Summary page appears.

8. Review the summary, and then click Submit.

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