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Restore by rollback - By selecting Rollback datastore, all of the affected

VMs will be powered off and then the entire datastore is reverted to a

previous PS Series snapshot. The ESXi servers will rescan the HBAs and

then the VMs are refreshed from this point in time.

NOTE: The entire datastore will be rolled back, this will affect all VMs on

the datastore including new VMs that might not be part of an older Smart

Copy. VSM will warn you of these impacts if they exist.

Restore by copy - By selecting to restore individual machines on a

datastore, VSM will first power off the VM. Then VSM will create a clone

of the PS Series snapshot, mount it, and copy the VM back to its original

location.

NOTE: This process will take longer than a restore by rollback but it does

not impact any other VMs on the datastore.

In both cases all the VMs affected will also have their VMware snapshot

reverted and deleted to bring the VM back into the exact state it was in when

the smart Copy was created.

Select the restore action and click Next.