Pre-requisites to create VM from backup
Following are the prerequisites to create a virtual machine from backups.
Configured BMR primary server
First, you need to enable the BMR server on your NetBackup primary server. For details on how to enable BMR server, see the following topic.
Client's BMR enabled backup
Configure NetBackup policy for BMR. Select the check box for BMR for the option in the policy attributes. More details are available:
The BMR backup policy requires that the OS volumes are added as part of the backup selections. For Windows systems, you must add the Boot, System Volume, and System State in the backup selections list.
Note:
For user convenience, in the backup selections the
ALL_LOCAL_DRIVESoption is available by default. This directive considers all the client volumes during backup.After enabling BMR in the backup policy, take an initial full backup.
Hypervisor-specific tools ISO file
The VM creation process requires hypervisor-specific tools ISO file so that during VM creation it configures required device drivers into the VM system. Usually, the Hypervisor vendor provides their tools ISO file on their website and on the hypervisor server. For example, for VMware ESX server 5.0 you can locate the associated tools ISO on your ESX server or download them from the VMware website.
Tools ISO path on ESX server: /vmimages/tools-isoimages/windows.iso
Website location:
http://packages.vmware.com/tools/esx/5.0latest/windows/x86_64/index.html
You must have this tools ISO file on the VIC host. The virtual machine creation wizard prompts you for the full directory path of this ISO that is available on VIC.
Hypervisor server name registration in NetBackup
You need to register your Hypervisor server with NetBackup where the VM needs to be created. This registration requires Hypervisor server admin credentials.
VIC (NetBackup recovery host) name registration in NetBackup
For VMware type Hypervisor, the Virtual Image Converter host name needs to be registered in the host property VMWare access host for the primary server.