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  3. Veritas NetBackup™ for VMware Administrator's Guide
  5. Use NetBackup for vCloud Director
  7. Virtual machine recovery dialog boxes for vCloud Director
  9. Recovery vApp Options for vCloud Director dialog box (restore to alternate location)
Veritas NetBackup™ for VMware Administrator's Guide

Recovery vApp Options for vCloud Director dialog box (restore to alternate location)

You can restore the virtual machine into an existing vApp (Restore into existing vApp) or into a new vApp (Create a new vApp).

Table: Details for the vApp to be restored to describes the fields for specifying the vApp to restore to.

Note:

The defaults are the server name, organization, and other details that were recorded in the backup.

Table: Details for the vApp to be restored to

Field

Description

vCloud Server

Select the vCloud Director server for the restore.

The servers in the list are the ones for which NetBackup has credentials of type VMware vCloud Director.

See Adding NetBackup credentials for VMware.

Organization

Select the vCloud Director organization for the restore.

Org vDC

Select the organization virtual datacenter.

vApp name

Select or enter the name of the vApp for the restore.

If you restore into an existing vApp, click Browse to search for a vApp.

See Select a vApp dialog box.

This option defaults to the original vApp that was recorded in the backup.

Capture vApp as a template in catalog

This option is available when you restore to an existing vApp.

This option copies the vApp that is specified in the vApp Name field into a new vApp template.

It also copies all of the vApp's virtual machines into the same vApp template. Note that this operation may take a lot of time.

By default, the source vApp for the copy is retained after the copy; you can have the source vApp removed after the copy. See the Remove vApp after capture option.

Create vApp as a template in catalog

This option is available when you create a new vApp for the restore.

This option restores the virtual machine into a new vApp template. The name of the new template is the same as the vApp that was specified in the vApp Name field.

Catalog

Select the catalog in which to place the vApp template. The organization determines the available catalogs.

vApp template name

When you restore into an existing vApp and capture the vApp as a template:

Enter the name for the new vApp template.

Remove vApp after capture

When you restore into an existing vApp and capture the vApp as a template:

Select this option to remove the source vApp after the vApp copy to the new vApp template completes. At the end of the copy, the new template and its virtual machines are retained. The vApp that was the source for the copy is deleted.

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