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  2. NetBackup™ for VMware Administrator's Guide
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  4. Recover a full VMware virtual machine
  5. Storage policy
NetBackup™ for VMware Administrator's Guide

Storage policy

The storage policy settings are available for a virtual machine restore when you select option Use a storage policy to select datastore on the Recovery target page.

Virtual machine storage policies control which type of storage is provided for the virtual machine. You can apply one storage policy to the entire VM or you can apply different storage policies to the VM home directory or virtual disks.

Apply to whole virtual machine

Select storage policy

Select a storage policy to apply for the whole virtual machine from the list of all storage policies that are associated with the selected vCenter server.

Datastore or datastore cluster

Select a datastore that is compatible with the selected storage policy.

Customize virtual machine

Virtual disk

Lists the VMs home directory and or virtual disks that were captured at backup time and associated storage policy information.

Storage policy

Select a storage policy to apply to the VM home directory or the virtual disk from a list of all storage policies that are associated with the selected vCenter server.

Datastore or cluster or path

Select a datastore that is compatible with the selected storage policy.

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