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  2. NetBackup™ for VMware Administrator's Guide
  3. Restore virtual machines
  4. Restoring VMware virtual machine disks by using Backup, Archive, and Restore
  5. Recovery Destination panel
NetBackup™ for VMware Administrator's Guide

Recovery Destination panel

On the Recovery Destination panel, you can configure the transport mode and the recovery destination parameters.

  • NetBackup Recovery Host

    The host that performs the restore. If not specified, NetBackup uses the backup host value from the backup image.

  • Media Server

    You can use this option to select a media server that has access to the storage unit that contains the backup image. An example of such an environment is a Media Server Deduplication Pool (MSDP) with multiple media servers. Note: If the storage unit that contains the backup image is not shared with multiple media servers, this option is grayed out.

  • Transport modes

    The transport modes to use for the restore. Select the wanted transport modes and move them so they are in the wanted order. If all methods fail, the restore fails.

    By default, the wizard displays the transport mode combination and the order that were used for the backup.

  • Recover virtual disks to

    The destination VM for the restore, as follows:

    • Original Virtual Machine. NetBackup restores the selected disks to the VM from which they were backed up.

      You can select whether to overwrite the existing virtual disks on the Storage Destination panel.

      See Storage Destination panel.

    • Alternate Virtual Machine. NetBackup restores the selected disks to a different VM than the original.

    • New (Temporary) Virtual Machine. NetBackup creates a new virtual machine and restores the selected disks to the new VM. The new VM is intended to be a container for the restored disks. It does not have enough resources to run most operating systems. After the restore, you should attach the restored virtual disks to a VM that can support them and then delete the temporary VM.

  • Advanced Restore Options

    The following items describe the advanced restore options:

    • Delete restored staging VM on error. Whether to delete the temporary VM if the disk attach operation fails. If you select No and the disks are not successfully attached to the target VM, you can access the data on the temporary VM.

    • Wait time in seconds for VM shutdown. The restore process shuts down the target virtual machine before it attaches the disk or disks. The duration of the shutdown operation depends on the VMware workload. Use this parameter to specify how long the restore process should wait for shutdown before giving up on restore.

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