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.
- Click the Recovery points tab. In the calendar view on the left, select the date on which the backup occurred.
For the image that you want to recover, select one of the following image recovery options:
Recover
Recover from the default copy of the backup image. This option is displayed if only one copy exists.
Recover from default copy
Recover from the default copy of the backup image. This option is displayed if more than one copy exists.
nn copies
Recover from the default copy or a different copy of the backup image. NetBackup allows up to ten copies of the same backup image. All available copies are displayed when you select this option. For each copy, the Storage name, Storage server, and the Storage server type are displayed.
- Choose the recovery type 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:
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.
See Recovery target.
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.
See vApp options.
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.