Dell EMC Avamar for VMware 19.7 User Guide

Restore the full image or selected drives to a new virtual machine by using Avamar Administrator

1. In Avamar Administrator, click the Backup & Restorelauncher link.
   The Backup, Restore and Manage window is displayed.
2. Click the Restore tab.
   The upper left pane contains a list of domains.
3. Select a virtual machine client or VMware container:
   1. Select the domain that contains the virtual machine client or VMware container.
      You cannot view clients outside the domain for the login account. To view all clients, log in to the root domain.
      A list of Avamar clients appears in the pane under the domains list.
   2. From the list of clients, select the virtual machine client or VMware container.
4. Select a backup:
   1. Click the By Date tab.
   2. Select the backup date from the calendar. Valid backups occurred on dates with a yellow highlight.
      A list of backups on that date appears in the Backups table next to the calendar.
   3. Select a backup from the Backups table.
5. Click the Browse for Image Restore button () directly above the contents pane.
6. In the contents pane:
   • Select the All virtual disks folder checkbox to restore the entire image.
   • Select one or more drives to only restore those specific drives.
7. Select Actions > Restore Now.
   The Restore Options dialog box appears.
8. Select Restore to a new virtual machine as the restore destination.
   NOTE:When restoring an image backup to a new virtual machine, the Restore virtual machine configuration option is selected and disabled (grayed out) because these configuration files are always required to configure the new virtual machine.
9. Specify a location and settings for the new virtual machine:
   1. Click Configure Destination.
      The Configure Virtual Machine dialog box appears.
   2. Click Browse.
      The New Virtual Machine wizard appears.
   3. In the Name and Location screen, type a unique Name for the new virtual machine, select a datacenter and folder location in the inventory tree, and then click Next.
   4. In the Summary screen, review the information, and then Finish.
   5. Click OK on the Configure Virtual Machine dialog box.
10. From the Avamar encryption method list, select the encryption method to use for data transfer between the Avamar server and the client during the restore.
    The encryption technology and bit strength for a client/server connection depends on several factors, including the client operating system and Avamar server version. The Avamar Product Security Guide provides additional information.
11. (Optional) Optionally select a proxy to perform restore.
    The default setting is Automatic, which enables the Avamar server to choose the best proxy for this operation.
12. Click More Options.
    The Restore Command Line Options dialog box appears.
13. Select or clear Use Changed Block Tracking (CBT) to increase performance.
14. From the Encryption method from Data Domain system list, select the encryption method to use for data transfer between the Data Domain system and the client during the restore.
15. Select one of the following settings in the Select Post Restore Options list:
    • Do not power on VM after restore.
    • Power on VM with NICs enabled.
    • Power on VM with NICs disabled.
16. (Optional) To include additional plug-in options with this restore, type Enter Attribute and Enter Attribute Value settings.
17. Click OK on the Restore Command Line Options dialog box.
18. Click OK on the Restore Options dialog box.
    The following status message appears: Restore initiated.
19. Click OK.
20. If the restore target virtual machine will be using changed block tracking for future backups, enable changed block tracking by performing any of the following actions on that virtual machine: reboot, power on, resume after suspend, or migrate.