Advanced recovery options
Create a new BIOS UUID | Restores the VM with a new BIOS UUID instead of the original BIOS UUID. |
Create a new instance UUID | Restores the VM with a new instance UUID instead of the original instance UUID. |
Remove backing information for devices | For example, this option restores the VM without restoring any ISO file that was mounted when the VM was backed up. If this option is disabled, the recovery might fail if the backing information is not longer available for devices, such as DVD/CD-ROM drives, or serial or parallel ports. |
Remove original network configuration | Removes the NIC cards from the VM. Note that for network access, the restored VM requires network configuration. Enable this option if:
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When this option is selected, NetBackup does not attempt to restore tag
associations when it restores the virtual machine. If the option is disabled,
NetBackup attempts to restore all tag associations from the backup. If NetBackup
cannot restore one or more of the tag associations, the restore exits with a
NetBackup status code See Notes and limitations for the backup and restore of VMware tag associations. | |
Retain original hardware version | Restores the VM with its original hardware version (such as 4). It retains the original version even if the target ESXi server by default uses a different hardware version (such as 7 or 8). If the target ESXi server does not support the virtual machine's hardware version, the restore may fail. If this option is disabled, the restored virtual machine is converted to the default hardware version that the ESXi server uses. |