Full VM Recovery to ESXi Host or vCenter Server

In the case of VM failure, BDRSuite’s Full VM Recovery feature gives you the ability to recover the entire VM from the backup to the latest state or any valid point in time. You can recover the VM in the same state as it was during the backup, including its configuration. You can recover the VM to the original location or to any other location in your local or offsite datacenter.

Performing Full VM Restore for VMware VM

BDRSuite utilizes VMware data transport modes such as HotAdd mode, Direct SAN mode, or Network mode for restoring the VMware VM data. You can permanently restore the backed-up VMware VM to the same or different ESXi host/vCenter Server using Full VM Recovery option.

The process includes three simple steps

• Choose the restore version
• Select the VM to be restored
• Enter Target server details and customize hardware configurations if required

How it Works

• Once you initiate the restore progress, BDRSuite checks the availability of the specified target ESXi server/vCenter Server and datastore
• Then, BDRSuite creates a folder in the target data store. The folder will be named according to the specified VMName you provide during the restore configuration
• The VMX file of the source VMs are copied from the backup repository (sgstorage) and a few modifications are made in the VMX file -ctkEnabled, VM uuid, etc. Then, the modified file is uploaded to the folder that is created in the target data store
• The target VM will be registered in the target host and the disks are written to the new disk
• VM will be completely restored from the backup data and now you can use it in your production environment

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