Dell PowerProtect Data Manager Appliance 5.12.0.1 Virtual Machine User Guide

Direct restore to Hypervisor

If the service you protected with PowerProtect Data Manager Appliance was a Hypervisor Manager service, but the service and Hypervisor Manager server are now lost or no longer available, direct restore to Hypervisor enables you to recover the service directly to an Hypervisor host without a Hypervisor Manager server.

1. From the PowerProtect Data Manager Appliance UI, select Restore > Assets, and then select the Virtual Machine tab.
   The Restore window displays all the services available for restore.
2. Select the check box next to the required service and click View Copies.
   NOTE If you cannot locate the service, you can also use the filter in the Name column to search for the name of the specific service 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 service is selected in the map view, the service 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 Protection Storage system, the copies on that system display in the right pane.

3. If the backup is on a Protection Storage system, click the storage icon, and then select from one of the available copies that display in the table.
4. In the right pane, select the check box next to the service backup you want to restore, and then click Direct Restore to Hypervisor.
   The Direct Restore to Hypervisor wizard appears.
5. On the Options page:
   1. (Optional) Select Reconnect the virtual machine's NIC when the restore completes, if required. This option is selected by default.
   2. 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.
   3. Click Next.
6. On the ESX Host Credentials page:
   1. In the ESX Host field, type the IP of the Hypervisor server where you want to restore the service backup.
   2. Specify the root Username and Password for the Hypervisor Server.
   3. Click Next.
7. On the Datastore page, select the datastore where you want to restore the service disks, and then click Next.
   • To restore all 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:
     1. For each available disk that you want to recover, select a datastore from the Storage list.
     2. Select the type of provisioning that you want to apply to the disk from the Disk Format list.
8. On the Summary page:
   1. Review the information to ensure that the details are correct.
   2. Click Restore.
9. Go to the Jobs window to monitor the restore.
   A restore job appears with a progress bar and start time.