Recover VMware Cloud Director virtual machines
You can only recover a virtual machine (VM) to a VMware Cloud Director if the VM was backed up from a VMware Cloud Director.
To recover a VMware Cloud Director VM
- On the left, select Workloads > VMware > and select the virtual machine to recover.
- On the Recovery points tab, select Recover > Restore virtual machine.
- On the Recovery target page, select to restore the VM to either VMware Cloud Director or vSphere.
If you select vSphere, refer to the following information:
See Recover a VM.
If you select VMware Cloud Director, continue with this procedure.
- On the Recovery target page, specify the VMware Cloud Director and vSphere recovery destination information.
The default values shown restore the VM back to its original location.
If you change any of the VMware Cloud Director recovery destination information, you must update the vSphere recovery destination information.
If you accept the default VMware Cloud Director recovery destination information, you can change the vSphere recovery destination information if necessary.
Click Next.
- On the vApp options screen, specify the vApp information.
To restore to an existing vApp, browse the list of vApps or enter the name of a vApp that exists.
To restore to a new vApp, enter the name of the new vApp.
The Status shows New if the vApp does not exist in VMware Cloud Director. A new vApp is created.
Click Next.
- For the Recovery options page, specify any recovery options for your restore and click Next.
- The Review screen summarizes the selections made. A pre-recovery check attempts to determine if there are issues with any of the selected options. You can override any errors shown, however, the recovery can fail if errors are not addressed.