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  2. NetBackup™ Plug-in for VMware vSphere Client (HTML5) Guide
  3. Restoring virtual machines
  4. Perform Instant Recovery of virtual machines
  5. Instant Recovery: Recovery Options
NetBackup™ Plug-in for VMware vSphere Client (HTML5) Guide

Instant Recovery: Recovery Options

Click the check boxes to select the networks for the recovered virtual machine.

Table: Fields in the Instant recovery virtual machine selection screen

Field

Description

Power on after recovery

To overwrite the existing virtual machine.

Remove original network

Removes the existing network settings of all the selected VMs after the recovery.

Remove tag associations

NetBackup does not restore any tag associations from the backup.

Retain original hardware version

NetBackup restores the virtual machine with its original hardware version (such as 4). It retains the original version even if the target ESXi server by default uses a later hardware version (such as 7 or 8).

If this option is not selected, the restored virtual machine is converted to the default hardware version that the ESXi server uses.

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