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  2. NetBackup™ Web UI Cloud Administrator's Guide
  3. Recovering cloud assets
  4. Recovering AWS or Azure VMs to VMware
  5. Steps to recover images from cloud VMs to VMware
  6. Recovering images from AWS to VMware
NetBackup™ Web UI Cloud Administrator's Guide

Recovering images from AWS to VMware

Windows Server 2022

Prerequisites for the backed-up cloud images:

  • Change the network interface to use DHCP, enabled on boot.

  • Create a local administrator before backup.

To recover Windows 2022 VM images to VMware:

  1. Recover the image using NetBackup. See Recovering AWS or Azure VMs to VMware.
  2. Log on to your VMware server, and edit the converted VM settings. In the VM Options page, click Boot Options, then change Firmware to BIOS.
  3. Obtain the IP address to log on the converted VM through RDP.
RHEL 9.x

Prerequisites for the backed-up cloud images:

  • Change the network interface to use DHCP, enabled on boot.

  • Create a new user to log on to the recovered VM.

To recover RHEL 9.x VM images to VMware:

  1. Recover the image using NetBackup. See Recovering AWS or Azure VMs to VMware.
  2. Log on to your VMware server, and edit the converted VM settings. In the VM Options page, click Boot Options, then change Firmware to BIOS.
  3. Obtain the IP address to log on to the converted VM through SSH.
SUSE 15SP5

Prerequisites for the backed-up cloud images:

  • Change the network interface to use DHCP, enabled on boot.

  • Create a new user to log on to the recovered VM.

To recover SUSE 15SP5 VM images to VMware

  1. Recover the image using NetBackup. See Recovering AWS or Azure VMs to VMware.
  2. Obtain the IP address to log on to the converted VM through SSH.

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