Restoring Full Virtual Machines

You can restore one or more virtual machines (VMs) at a time. Virtual machines can be restored in place (overwriting the source VMs) or out of place (with a different name, or to a different destination).

Considerations

• If the replication type for the storage account that you select for the restore is not compatible with the storage type of the source VM, the restore fails. For example, if a storage account using Zone Redundant Storage (ZRS) is selected when that storage type was not used by the source VM, the restore fails.

• You can restore a full VM from an IntelliSnap backup job to the same storage account only. When you restore a full VM from a backup copy, it can be restored to any storage account.

• Due to a Microsoft limitation, you cannot change the hostname of a restored virtual machine.

• You can backup virtual machines configured with Azure Stack Hub unmanaged and managed disks. From these backups, you can restore full virtual machines and restore guest files and folders.

  For restoring VMs from IntelliSnap backups: When executing a restore of a full VM configured with Azure Stack Hub managed disks, because of an Azure limitation, you can only restore the VM to the same Azure Region where the snapshot was created (the source of the snap copy used to restore the VM).

Procedure

1. From the CommCell Browser, expand Client Computers > virtualization_client > Virtual Server > Azure Stack Hub > backup_set.

2. Initiate the restore from a subclient or backup set:

   • From a subclient: Right-click the subclient and select Browse and Restore.

   • From a backup set: Right-click the backup set, point to All Tasks, and click Browse and Restore.

3. In the Browse and Restore Options dialog box, ensure that Full Virtual Machine is selected and click View Content.

4. 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.

5. 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.

   • In Place: To restore virtual machines out of place, clear this check box.

   • Virtualization Client: To restore to a different Azure Stack subscription, select the client for the Azure Stack subscription from this list.

     The Subscription Details area shows the subscription ID.

   • Proxy Client: To use a different proxy for the restore, select the proxy from this list.

     Select a VSA proxy that is not used for Azure Classic or Azure Resource Manager.

6. Click Next.

   The wizard displays the Virtual Machines page. The VM and Disks column shows the source virtual machines with disks underneath each virtual machine.

7. For an out-of-place restore, specify parameters for the restore:

   • VM and Disk: Displays the names of the source VMs. Expand each virtual machine to view the disks in that virtual machine.

   • Change VM display name to: Enter the new display name for the virtual machine.

   • Storage Account: Select the storage account for a virtual machine or disk.

   • To specify other options, select one or more virtual machines, then click Configure under the Settings column.

     The Azure Stack Virtual Machine Configuration dialog box appears.

     As needed, specify other values:

     • VM Display Name: Displays the name of the virtual machine.

     • Storage Account: Select the storage account to be used for all selected virtual machines or disk.

     • VM size: Select a size specification for the restored virtual machine.

     • Restore as a managed VM: By default, this option will be checked if the source VM is a managed VM. To restore an unmanaged VM as a managed VM, select this check box.

       When you select this option, the restore operation creates virtual machine disks in the specified storage account, and then converts them to managed disks and attaches the disks to the restored virtual machine.

     Azure Stack Virtual Network Options:

     • Create Public IP: If a public IP address is not required on restored VMs, clear this selection.

     • Network Interface: Click ... to specify a network connection for the restored VM.

       You can specify any subnet in the same region as the selected resource group or cloud service.

     • Network Security Group: Click ... to specify a network security group for the restored VM.

     Click OK to save and close the Azure Stack Virtual Machine Configuration dialog box.

8. Click Next.

   The wizard displays the Restore Options page.

9. Optional: Select restore options:

   • Power ON Virtual Machine after Restore: To automatically start the virtual machine after the restore is complete, select this check box.

     Note the following:

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

     • If the virtual machine is powered on during the backup operation, by default, the VM is powered on after the restore completes (unless you clear this check box).

     • If you perform an out-of-place restore, by default, the VM is powered off after the restore completes (regardless of the value selected for this option).

   • Unconditionally Overwrite VM with the same name: Select this check box to replace a virtual machine with the same name at the specified destination.

10. Click Next.

    The wizard displays the Job Options page.

11. Run the job immediately or configure a schedule for the restore.

12. Click Next.

    The wizard displays a Summary page for the restore.

13. Click Finish to submit the restore job.