Recovery options for virtual machine disks

You can configure the following recovery options when you restore a virtual machine disk.

Table: Restore options for virtual machine disks

Option	Description
Restore to	The destination VM for the restore, as follows: Original virtual machine. NetBackup restores the selected disks to the VM from which they were backed up. You can select whether to overwrite the existing virtual disks in the Storage target settings. See Storage target restore options. Alternate virtual machine. NetBackup restores the selected disks to a different VM than the original. Select the destination VM for the restored virtual disks. Last updated indicates the date and time at which the Virtual machine server provided the information to NetBackup. Click Discover to update the virtual machine server details. New (temporary) virtual machine. NetBackup creates a new virtual machine and restores the selected disks to the new VM. The new VM is intended to be a container for the restored disks. It does not have enough resources to run most operating systems. After the restore, you should attach the restored virtual disks to a VM that can support them and then delete the temporary VM.
Power on after recovery	Select this option to have the recovered virtual machine automatically turned on when the recovery is complete.
Recovery host	The host that performs the restore. If not specified, NetBackup uses the backup host value from the backup image.
Media server	You can use this option to select a media server that has access to the storage unit that contains the backup image. An example of such an environment is a Media Server Deduplication Pool (MSDP) with multiple media servers. Note: If the storage unit that contains the backup image is not shared with multiple media servers, this option is grayed out.

Table: Advanced restore options


Transport mode	The transport modes to use for the restore. By default, NetBackup selects the transport mode that was used for the backup. Alternatively, you can select the wanted transport modes and arrange them in the priority order that you want. If all methods fail, the restore fails.
Delete restored staging VM on error	Whether to delete the temporary VM if the disk attach operation fails. If you disable this option and the disks are not successfully attached to the target VM, you can access the data on the temporary VM. Applies only to Original virtual machine or Alternate virtual machine.
Wait time for VM shutdown	The restore process shuts down the target virtual machine before it attaches the disk or disks. The duration of the shutdown operation depends on the VMware workload. Use this parameter to specify how long the restore process should wait for shutdown before giving up on restore. Applies only to Original virtual machine or Alternate virtual machine.

Transport mode

The transport modes to use for the restore. By default, NetBackup selects the transport mode that was used for the backup.

Alternatively, you can select the wanted transport modes and arrange them in the priority order that you want. If all methods fail, the restore fails.

Delete restored staging VM on error

Whether to delete the temporary VM if the disk attach operation fails. If you disable this option and the disks are not successfully attached to the target VM, you can access the data on the temporary VM. Applies only to Original virtual machine or Alternate virtual machine.

Wait time for VM shutdown

The restore process shuts down the target virtual machine before it attaches the disk or disks. The duration of the shutdown operation depends on the VMware workload. Use this parameter to specify how long the restore process should wait for shutdown before giving up on restore. Applies only to Original virtual machine or Alternate virtual machine.

Recovery options for virtual machine disks

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