Instant Recovery

Owned by Tran Dai Quan
Last updated: Oct 07, 2024
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Overview

With the option of Instant recovery, you can recover VM quickly. VM will be mounted workload images to a host directly from the backup stored on backup repositories. However, it will be limited I/O performance, you must migrate VM to the production when successfully restored.

*** Prepare

  • Check your available resource.

  • Create a new vApp to restore the VM

*** During recovery

You can only restore and migrate each VM in turn.

*** If you want to restore and migrate many VM at the same time

  • Please contact HI GIO support.

Procedure

*** Main Step

  • Choose the VM and point that need to restore with Instant Recovery.

  • Select Restore mode.

  • Verify status restore.

  • Migrate and Verify VM.

*** Detail

Step 1. From the main menu vCD Portal, select More -> Data Protection with Veeam

 

Step 2. Select tab VMs

 

Step 3. Select VM need to restore --> Instant Recovery

Step 4. On Restore Point

  • Select backup date want to restore --> Next

 

Step 5. On Restore mode

There are 2 modes:

*** Restore to the original location: Quickly initiate the restore of the selected VM to its original location, with the original name and settings. This option minimizes the chance of user input error.

  • VM restore will override on VM original.

  • VM original will be shut down and deleted when you successfully restored.

>> Please follow step 5.1

 

*** Restore to a new location, or with different settings: Customize the restored VM location, and change its settings. The wizard will automatically populate all controls with the original VM settings as the defaults.

  • This mode will increase your resources, so please check your available resource and contact HI GIO-Sales if you want to add more resources to restore the VM.

  • You need to create a new vApp to restore the VM.

>> Please follow step 5.2

Step 5.1. Restore to the original location

 

5.1.1 Select Next

 

5.1.2 On Summary

  • Verify VM restore information → select Power on VM automatically → Finish

 

Step 5.2 Restore to a new location, or with different settings

5.2.1 Select Next

 

5.2.2 On Destination

*** Specify vApp to restore the virtual machine to, and type in the restored VM's name.

  • Click Choose

  • Select vApp has been created before

  • Change VM name → Next

 

5.2.3 On Network

  • Keep default → Select Next

 

5.2.4 On Summary

  • Verify VM restore information → select Power on VM automatically → Finish

 

 

Step 6. Verify Status VM restore

 

  • Select tab VMs → History to check the status of VM restore

 

  • Back to vCD portal, VM restore had power-on

When Instant Recovery is performed:
Veeam Backup & Replication uses the Veeam vPower technology to mount a workload image to an ESXi host directly from a compressed and deduplicated backup file.
DO NOT shutdown\Power Of VM to avoid data loss.

Please process step 7 & 8 to complete the recovery.

Step 7. Migrate to Production

*** After checking the data on VM restore, if it contains the data you want, you need to migrate to production to ensure I/O performance for the VM.

  • Back to Data Protection with Veeam → Instant Recovery

  • Select VM restore → Migrate to Production

 

  • On Destination → Choose

 

  • Select Storage Policy → OK

 

  • Next

 

  • On Ready → Finish

 

  • To check the status migrated VM restore, select VMs → History

 

  • Select VM restore

  • VM restore has migrated to production

 

Step 8. Verify VM restore information

*** To make sure VM restore has run with the correct configuration, go back to vCD portal and check:

  • Hard disk (Size, IOPS, Storage Policy)

 

  • Compute (CPU, Memory)

 

 

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