Recovering virtual machines to cloud (Azure) using NetBackup MSDP-C
Using Resiliency Platform console, you can recover VMware virtual machines that are protected by NetBackup image sharing to Azure and these virtual machines are managed using a service objective where the data availability mode is Copy. For recovering the images from backup, these images that are created after successfully configuring the resiliency group.
A virtual machine is recovered using the selected backup image at selected cloud data center. Before that, the virtual machine whose data is being recovered is stopped and unregistered. When the local restore is executed in the cloud data center, the virtual machines are removed and re-created using the selected backup image.
To recover a virtual machine on cloud, you can choose the backup images for on-premises virtual machines that are only available in the Azure for either local or remote recover operation. If a virtual machine is deleted, you can choose the latest backup copy or any previous backup to restore the virtual machine on the cloud data center.
To recover virtual machine data to the Azure
- Review the following prerequisites:
The resiliency group that contains the on-premises virtual machines must be protected using the service objective activated for copy based recovery.
- Navigate to Assets (navigation pane) > Resiliency Group(s) tab.
- Go to the details page for the resiliency group with the virtual machines that you want to recover, and select Recover.
- In the Recover Resiliency Group panel do the following, and click Next.
Select one of the data centers for local recovery or remote recovery. The recover operation would be performed based on the data center selected.
Select Latest or Time Range options for recovery points.
You can choose from the latest image or any other available backup from the specified time range. To choose from a specific time range, select the date and the time range. Then select the hours or minutes since the start time.
- Click Submit.
Use Recent Activities (bottom pane) > Details to view the details of this operation in a graphical representation. On successful completion of the recover operation, verify that the selected virtual machines are online in the cloud.