Full VM Recovery

With the Full VM Recovery option, you can restore the backup data to the same or different Hyper V host/server exactly in the same state as it was during the backup, including its configuration.

Step 1: Choose the VM and Restore type

• Choose the VM that you wish to restore. You will be allowed to select only one VM to perform Full VM Recovery.

• Now, select the Full VM Recovery option and click Next.

Step 2: Choose a Restore point

• Select a restore point to restore the backup data. BDRSuite Backup Server retains the restore points as per the retention policy you have selected for the backup job. 

• Full backup and Incremental backup restore points are viewed in the dropdown box structure.

• Each incremental restore point is a virtual full backup that makes full data recovery possible in each step. This makes the restoration process easier without having to recover a full backup and all the previous increments. 

• If the restore point is denoted with symbols (d), (w), (m), (+P) at the end, it indicates the following: 

  • Daily Merge (d) 

  • Weekly Merge (w) 

  • Monthly Merge (m) 

  • Persistent boot changes (+P) 

• Daily, Weekly, and Monthly merges take place based on the retention policies you have configured. 

• If you select Restore version time-stamp with (+P), then you have enabled the option to ’Include persistent boot changes during restore’ option that includes the changes you performed in the VM/Host during the instant boot restore process.

Step 3: Choose the Restore Location

• Choose to which location you want to restore the VM.

If you wish to restore the VM to a location, then you have to manually provide the following details.

Step 4: Review & Restore

• Target Server

• Storage Path 

• Memory Allocation

Review all the Full VM Recovery configurations and click  Restore to restore the entire backed-up VMs directly to any target ESXi / Hyper-V host.