White Papers

40
This will launch the Smart Clone wizard but the managed object will need to be
selected. If the wizard is launched from the shortcut toolbar button you have
the option of selecting the managed object. If Create Smart Clone is launched
through the vCenter UI on an object, as shown in the above screenshot, VSM
will use that object for the Smart Clone.
From here the steps for creating a Smart Clone of a running environment
versus creating one from a previous Smart Copy, as previously documented, are
identical.
Monitor the VSM Recent Tasks to see when the Smart Clone is complete. When
the Smart Clone has completed additional tasks can then be done such as the
isolation of the networks and reverting the VMware snapshot data.
ADVANCED CLONING - SELECTIVE DATA RECOVERY
There are some times when data restoration needs to be more granular than at
the individual datastore or even at the individual virtual machine level. The idea
behind selective data recovery is creating Smart Clones from existing Smart
Copies and bringing this information online and then attaching the data drive
of the VM from the Smart Copy back to the original VM. Using clones for this is
recommended verses bringing a Smart Copy online. As by taking a clone of the
Smart Copy, the original PS Series snapshot data is not modified. If you set
online the original PS Series snapshot, the data integrity for recovery could be
changed by accident if information on that read/write snapshot is deleted or
altered.
There are multiple options for selective data recovery but they all revolve
around mounting a point in time version of the data disk to a VM; usually the
original VM. In order for this to work the VM’s OS must support the ability to