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System restore for virtual machines

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Restore a virtual machine running on ESXi host

You can reduce the recovery time objective during a data disaster by restoring entire backed-up virtual machines running on ESXi host or vCenter server. 

To restore a VM running on an ESXi host,

  1. Connect to the IDrive BMR device interface.
  2. On the VMware Servers tab, click restore corresponding to the required ESXi VM.  You will be directed to VM restore, for the latest recovery point. 

    VM restore

    Alternatively, go to Restore > VMware restore > ESXi and select VM restore. Select the required source ESXi host, VM, and recovery point.

    Note: Include the OS disk during backup to avoid any potential boot issues.

  3. Select Same VM if you wish to restore data to the same VM.


    VM restore

    To restore data to another VM, select New VM, choose an ESXi host for the new VM, enter a VM name, and select a datastore.

    VM restore

    Note: IDrive BMR follows VMware's naming conventions and restrictions for virtual machines. Hence names with the special characters colon, quotation marks, and slash (:, ", \, and /) are not supported.
  4. Click Restore/Create New VM to initiate the restore process. View restore progress in the Activities section below.

Restore a virtual machine running on Vcenter server

To restore a VM running on a vCenter server,

  1. Connect to the IDrive BMR device interface.
  2. On the VMware Servers tab, click restore corresponding to the required vCenter VM.  You will be directed to VM restore, for the latest recovery point. 

    VM restore

    Alternatively, go to Restore > VMware restore > vCenter and select VM restore. Select the required source ESXi host, VM, and recovery point.

    Note: Include the OS disk during backup to avoid any potential boot issues.

  3. Select Same VM if you wish to restore data to the same VM.

    VM restore

    To restore data to another VM, select New VM.
    Choose a target vCenter server for the new VM, enter a VM name, and select a datastore.

    VM restore

    Note: IDrive BMR follows VMware's naming conventions and restrictions for virtual machines. Hence names with the special characters colon, quotation marks, and slash (:, ", \, and /) are not supported.
  4. Click Restore//Create New VM to initiate the restore process. View restore progress in the Activities section below.