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NetBackup™ Security and Encryption Guide

Recover a VMware asset affected by malware

By default during recovery, NetBackup only displays the recovery points that are scanned and free from malware.

To restore from malware-affected recovery points, you must have the Administrator role or equivalent RBAC permissions. To recover a VMware asset that is affected by malware, see the following topic.

See Recover from malware-affected images (clients protected by policies) .

To recover a VMware asset affected by malware

  1. On left, click VMware > Virtual machine.
  2. Locate the VM. Then click Actions > Recover.
  3. On the Recovery points tab you can see Malware scan status of each recovery point, as follows:
    • Not scanned

    • Not infected

    • Infected

    • Failed

  4. Select the recovery point.
  5. Select Allow the selection of recovery of points that are malware-affected. This option only displays if there are recovery points that contain malware-affected images.

    Note:

    To restore from malware-affected recovery points, you must have the Administrator role or equivalent RBAC permissions.

  6. Click Recover and select the type of recovery. Then follow the prompts.

    For more details on recovering a VM, see the NetBackup Web UI VMware Administrator's Guide

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