If the virtual machine you protected with
PowerProtect Data Manager Appliance was a vCenter virtual machine, but the virtual machine and vCenter server are now lost or no longer available, direct restore to ESXi enables you to recover the virtual machine directly to an ESXi host without a vCenter server.
Prerequisites
Direct Restore to ESXi restore requires either the embedded
VM Direct Engine with
PowerProtect Data Manager Appliance, or an external
VM Direct Engine that is added and registered to
PowerProtect Data Manager Appliance.
Additionally, ensure that you disconnect the ESXi host from the vCenter server.
Steps
From the
PowerProtect Data Manager Appliance UI, select
Restore > Assets, and then select the
Virtual Machine tab.
The
Restore window displays all of the virtual machines available for restore.
Select the checkbox next to the desired virtual machine and click
View Copies.
NOTE:If you cannot locate the virtual machine, you can also use the filter in the
Name column to search for the name of the specific virtual machine or click the
File Search button to search on specific criteria.
The
Restore > Assets window provides a map view in the left pane and copy details in the right pane.
When a virtual machine is selected in the map view, the virtual machine name displays in the right pane with the copy locations underneath. When you select a specific location in the left pane to view the copies, for example, on a
DD system, the copies on that system display in the right pane.
On the
Restore > Asset window:
In the left pane, click
to the right of the icon for the asset. The table in the right pane lists the backup copies.
Select one of the available copies that display in the table.
Click
Direct Restore to ESXi.
The
Direct Restore to ESXi wizard appears.
On the
Options page:
(Optional) Select
Reconnect the virtual machine's NIC when the restore completes, if desired. This option is selected by default.
For low-bandwidth environments, select
Enable DDBoost Compression.
This option reduces network usage by compressing data on the
protection storage system before transfer to the
VM Direct Engine, which decompresses the data. Compression reduces restore times but increases CPU usage on both systems.
You can select
Troubleshooting mode to enable debug logging, and then select the level of logging to use:
Info—Includes information such as status changes. This is the default log level for scheduled backups and restores.
Debug—Additional information that helps with problem diagnosis.
Trace—The most detailed amount of information for complex problem diagnosis.
Click
Next.
On the
ESX Host Credentials page:
In the
ESX Host field, type the IP of the ESXi server where you want to restore the virtual machine backup.
Specify the root
Username and
Password for the ESXi Server.
Click
Next.
On the
Datastore page, select the datastore where you want to restore the virtual machine disks, and then click
Next.
To restore all of the disks to the same location, keep the
Configure per disk slider to the left, and then select the datastore from the
Storage list.
To restore disks to different locations, move the
Configure per disk slider to the right, and then:
For each available disk that you want to recover, select a datastore from the
Storage list.
Select the type of provisioning you want to apply to the disk from the
Disk Format list.
On the
Summary page:
Review the information to ensure that the details are correct.
Click
Restore.
Go to the
Jobs window to monitor the restore.
A restore job appears with a progress bar and start time.
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