Recover virtual machines from cloud copy directly to vCenter
Use the
PowerProtect Data Manager UI to restore virtual machines from copies that are stored in the cloud account directly to vCenter. Restore operations are performed on one virtual machine at a time. Users must manually select the target vCenter.
Prerequisites
The recovery to vCenter option is available for all the vCenters with staging area configured, registered to
Data Manager. Users can restore the virtual machines that use same
Data Manager account for protection. If there are no vCenters registered with staging area configured, the
Restore function is not available. See
PowerProtect Data Manager Administration and User Guide for information about adding a vCenter asset source. Use CDRS UI to recover the vCenters that are not registered to current
Data Manager.
Steps
Select
Restore > Assets.
The
Restore page is displayed.
In the
Virtual Machines tab, select the checkbox next to the virtual machines that you want to restore and then click
View Copies.
If the selected virtual machine has copies in the cloud, the
CDR icon is displayed.
The asset map for the selected virtual machine and the
Copy Locations pane are displayed. The
Copy Locations pane displays the location where you store the backups.
Click the
CDR icon.
The list of backup copies is displayed on the right pane.
Select the checkbox next to the backup copy that must be restored, and then click
Restore button on the top.
The status of the backup copy must be
Available for the restore operation.
The
Create and Restore to New VM wizard is displayed.
In the
Restore VM page, select the target vCenter from the drop-down list, and then click
Restore.
If the source virtual-machine vCenter is available with staging area configured, the Cloud DR selects this vCenter as the default target vCenter for restore.
Optionally, turn on the
Keep source VM MAC address and UID switch to retain the source VM MAC address and UID.
This option is disabled by default.
CAUTION Do not enable this toggle if source VM is still available on the target vCenter as this causes restore operation failure.
Click
Restore.
An informational dialog box is displayed confirming that the restore operation has started successfully.
Click
OK to close the dialog box or do one of the following to view the status of the restore operation:
Click
Go to Jobs to monitor the status from the
Jobs page.
Click
Go to Running Sessions to monitor the status from the
Cloud DR tab in the
Running Sessions page.
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