Operation Manual

Once the ESX(i) host is defined, the list of available resource pools and datastores is build up

automatically where you can define the exact location for the restored virtual machine(s).

You should also define the format of the restored virtual drives, As in original VM (recommended),

Thick provisioning disk or Thin provisioning disk with the respective drop-down list. Thin

provisioning increases the VM storage utilization by enabling dynamic allocation and intelligent

provisioning of the physical storage capacity.

Based on this selection, a hint will appear indicating how much space is required on the datastore for

the successful recovery operation. You cannot proceed to the next step of the restore backup task

wizard until the valid datastore with enough free space is selected.

Note that when restoring multiple virtual machines all of them will be placed to the destination

defined at this step of the restore wizard, each to unique new VM on the selected datastore.

New Restore Task wizard, Step 2 “Where to restore”, overwrite the existing VM confirmation dialog

If there are virtual machines on the selected ESX(i) host or datastore with the same names, you will

be asked to confirm overwriting the existing VMs. This choice defines the restored virtual machines

naming. If you choose to “Overwrite VMs”, then the existing virtual machines will be replaced with

the restored ones.

Note that in this case the datastore selection will be unavailable (since it is already defined by the

target VM being overwritten), however, you can change the resource pool location for this VM by

choosing corresponding item in the Resource Pool selection.

Note that if the existing machines are running, then for the successful recovery operation you should

either stop them manually or select the Power off target VMs when starting recovery option in the

recovery options dialogue (see "VM power management" section (p. 61)).

When choosing the Create VMs with different names option the restored VMs will be named

according to the following convention:

“[Original_VM_name]_DATE”.

Where “Original_VM_name” is the initial name of the restored virtual machine, and DATE is the

current date. For example if the restored VM was called “VM_original” then after recovery it will be

named “VM_original_05/25/2011”.

After you completed the selection of “Where to restore”, click Next to finish the second step and

proceed to the last one.