Dell PowerProtect Data Manager Appliance 5.12.0.1 Virtual Machine User Guide

Restore individual virtual disks

A Restore Individual Virtual Disks recovers individual virtual disks (VMDKs) to their original location on the Hypervisor Manager server, rolling the VMDKs that you backed up with the protection policy in PowerProtect Data Manager Appliance to an earlier point in time.

1. From the PowerProtect Data Manager Appliance UI, select Restore > Assets, and then select the Virtual Machine tab.
   The Restore window displays all services available for restore.
2. Select the check box next to the appropriate services and click Restore.
   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 wizard appears.
3. On the Select Copy page, for each service that is listed in the table, select the radio button next to the service and click Choose Copy.
   The Choose Copy dialog box appears.

   NOTE If you click Next without choosing a copy, the most recent backup copy is used.
4. If the backup is on a Protection Storage system, click storage icon, and then select from one of the available copies that display in the table.
5. Click OK to save the selection and exit the dialog, and then click Next.
6. On the Purpose page, select Restore Individual Virtual Disks, and then click Next.
7. On the Select Disks page, from the Backup Properties pane, select the VMDKs that you want to restore, and then click Next. Note that individual VMDKs can only be restored to the original location.
8. On the Options page:
   1. 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.
   2. For Select a Protection Engine, move the slider to the right if you want to override the automatic protection engine selection, and then select another VM Direct Engine to use for the restore. When the restore job is started, the name of the protection engine that is used for the restore displays in the Jobs window Details pane.
   3. Click Next.
   The Summary page appears with a confirmation message indicating that the selected disks will be overwritten in the current configuration with the copy from the backup.
9. On the Summary page, click Restore.
   An informational dialog box appears indicating that the restore has started.
10. Go to the Jobs window to monitor the restore.
    A restore job appears with a progress bar and start time.