PowerProtect Data Manager 19.16 Virtual Machine User Guide

Review the following requirements before you restore a virtual machine in PowerProtect Data Manager:

• Only the Administrator and the Restore Administrator roles can restore data.
• Ensure that you have added protection storage and the vCenter server, and that the protection of virtual machine copies has completed successfully.

  To check, select Infrastructure > Assets and Infrastructure > Asset Sources.
  

• Ensure that protection of the virtual machines completed successfully. If the virtual machines have been backed up by a protection policy, the assets appear in the Restore > Assets window.
• Verify that no pre-existing snapshots exist on the virtual machine.
• If performing a restore to the original virtual machine, a minimum vCenter version of 6.7 is required if you want to restore the virtual machine protection policy backup's storage-policy assignments.
• If performing a restore to a new location, ensure that sufficient space is available on the target datastore.
• Verify that the virtual machine copy that is selected for restore has not expired.
• For restores of virtual machine protection policy backups using the Transparent Snapshots Data Mover (TSDM) protection mechanism, note the following:
  • For a Restore to Original Folder and Overwrite Original Files, the virtual machine must be currently protected by a policy that uses TSDM.
  • For a Create and Restore to New VM, the destination ESXi host where the new virtual machine will be created must have the vSphere Installation Bundle (VIB) installed and enabled.