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Recipe: Restore and Entire VM in vSphere

Expected deliverables:

A Fully restored VMware virtual machine in a different location or with different settings in a vSphere environment.

Time to complete: minutes to hours

Ingredients:

• At least one Restore Point of the virtual machines to be recovered.

Before you start:

You will restore an entire VM to a previous state.

Assumptions:

You have a fully working Veeam Backup Server in your environment with a vSphere Infrastructure attached. You have at least one backup for your virtual machine, or a snapshot of the production Datastore where the VM sits.

Method:

1. Open the Veeam Backup & Replication Console and select Home on the bottom left menu.
2. Click Restore and select VMware vSphere > Restore from backup > Entire VM restore > Entire VM restore
3. In the Virtual Machines step:
   • Click in Add -> From backup… to open the selection of available backups. Choose the desired VM from one of the backups and click Add.
   • In the Virtual machines to restore list, select a VM and click in Point, then select a restore point from which you want to restore the VM and click OK. Click Next.
4. In the Restore Mode step, select Restore to a new location, or with different settings and click Next.
5. In the Host step, select the VM in the list and click in Host to select the host for the restored VM. Click Next.
6. In the Resource Pool step, select the VM in the list and click in Pool to select the Resource Pool for the restored VM. Click Next.
7. In the Datastore step, select the VM in the list and click in Datastore to select the Datastore for the restored VM. Click Next.
8. In the Folder step, select the VM in the list and:
   • Click in Name to change the name of the restored VM, or to add a suffix/prefix.
   • Click in Folder to select the Folder for the restored VM. Click Next.
9. In the Network step, select the VM in the list and click in Network to select the Network for the restored VM. Click Next.
10. In the Secure Restore keep the Scan machine for virus threats prior performing recovery option disabled and click in Next.
11. If required, in the Staged Restore step, configure the Virtual Lab, Application Group, Sript and Credentials to use this feature.
12. In the Reason step, enter a reason for performing the Intant Recovery and click Next.
13. Choose if the target VMs should be powered on and connected to the network, and then click Finish.

Links to Resources:

• Veeam Guides and Helpcenter
• Veeam Community Forums
• Veeam Best Practices

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