NetWorker: How to POST VMware VM Image Restores with REST API

This article gives a brief overview of how to perform VMware VM image restores from the REST API. The full REST API guide is available at Dell NetWorker REST API

1. Query all protected VMs to get the VM UUID of the VM you are looking to restore. The syntax of the link follows:

2. You must collect the required VMware Managed Object Reference (MoRef) values for the specific VM you are looking to restore: The syntax of the link follows:

3. Collect additional information by adding the backup ID to the GET request:

4. Use the following link syntax to POST the restore:

{
	"recoverMode": "New",
	"datacenterMoref": "DATACENTER_MOREF",
	"datastoreMoref": "DATASTORE_MOREF",
	"computeResourceMoref": "COMPUTE_RESOURCE_MOREF",
		"disks": [
                    {
                        "datastoreMoref": "DATASTORE_MOREF",
                        "key": "2000",
                        "name": "Hard disk 1"
                    }
                ],
	"vCenterHostname": "VCENTER_NAME",
	"hostMoref": "VCENTER_MOREF",
	"vmName": "RESTORED_VM_NAME",
	"powerOn": "true/false",
	"reconnectNic": "true/false"
}

Generic Troubleshooting:

Logs for the restore session are found at:
NetWorker server:

• Linux: /nsr/logs/recover/
• Windows: [INSTALL_DRIVE]:\Program Files\EMC NetWorker\nsr\logs\recover

vProxy used for restore:

• /opt/emc/vproxy/runtime/logs/recycle/vrecoverd/