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.

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