Requirements for Instant Recovery for VMware
For virtual machine instant recovery, your environment must meet the following requirements:
The virtual machine to restore must have been backed up from a VMware policy.
The target ESX server for the restore must be at vSphere 5.0 or later.
The restore host can be on Windows or Linux.
Note:
For the VMware virtual machines that have non-ASCII characters in their paths, NetBackup does not support Instant Recovery using Windows restore hosts and media servers. You must use a Linux restore host and media server for Instant Recovery of such virtual machines.
The requirements and limitations for non-ASCII character support are described in a different topic.
For a restore host that is separate from the NetBackup master server or media server: You must add the restore host to the list of servers that can access the master server.
In the NetBackup Administration Console, click , double-click the NetBackup master server, and click . On the Additional Servers tab, click to add the restore host.
See Allowing other servers or clients to restore virtual machines.
The NFS Client service must be enabled on the ESXi host.
The Network File System (NFS) must be installed on the Linux media server and restore host and the portmap service must be active.
For information about how to install NFS, see the media server host operating system documentation.
The Services for Network File System (NFS) must be installed on the Windows media server and restore host.
See About configuring services for NFS on Windows 2012 or 2016 (NetBackup for VMware).
The NetBackup media server platform must support Granular Recovery Technology. See the NetBackup Enterprise Server and Server OS Software Compatibility List:
The Client for NFS service may have to be restarted on a NetBackup Windows restore host.
See Restarting the Client for NFS service on a Windows restore host.
The media server must use IPv4 or have a dual stack configuration if the vCenter server has a dual stack configuration.
NetBackup requires logon credentials for the vCenter server and the restore host.