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PowerProtect Data Manager 19.16 Cloud Disaster Recovery User Guide

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Recover virtual machines from cloud copy directly to vCenter

Use the PowerProtect Data Manager UI to restore virtual machines from copies that are stored in the cloud account directly to vCenter. Restore operations are performed on one virtual machine at a time. Users must manually select the target vCenter server.

Prerequisites

The recovery to vCenter option is available for all the vCenter servers with staging area configured, registered to PowerProtect Data Manager. Users can restore the virtual machines that use the same PowerProtect Data Manager account for protection. If there are no vCenter servers registered with staging area configured, the Restore function is not available. See the PowerProtect Data Manager Administrator Guide for information about adding a vCenter asset source. Use the Cloud DR Server UI to recover the vCenter servers that are not registered with the current PowerProtect Data Manager server.

Steps

  1. Select Restore > Assets.
    The Restore page is displayed.
  2. In the Virtual Machines tab, select the checkbox next to the virtual machines that you want to restore and then click View Copies.
    If the selected virtual machine has copies in the cloud, CDR is displayed.
    The asset map for the selected virtual machine and the Copy Locations pane are displayed. The Copy Locations pane displays the location where you store the backups.
  3. Click CDR.
    The list of backup copies is displayed.
  4. Select the checkbox next to the backup copy to be restored, and then click Restore.
    The status of the backup copy must be Available for the restore operation.
    The Create and Restore to New VM wizard is displayed.
  5. In the Restore VM page, select the target vCenter server from the dropdown list, and then click Restore.
    If the source virtual-machine vCenter server is available with staging area configured, the Cloud DR selects this vCenter as the default target vCenter server for restore.
  6. Optionally, turn on the Keep source VM MAC address and UID switch to retain the source VM MAC address and UID.
    This option is disabled by default.
    CAUTION:Do not enable this toggle if source VM is still available on the target vCenter server as this causes restore operation failure.
  7. Click Restore.
    An informational dialog box is displayed confirming that the restore operation has started successfully.
  8. Click OK to close the dialog box or do one of the following to view the status of the restore operation:
    1. Click Go to Jobs to monitor the status from the Jobs page.
    2. Click Go to Running Sessions to monitor the status from the Cloud DR tab in the Running Sessions page.

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