User manual
Table Of Contents
- VMware vCloud Air User's Guide
- Contents
- About vCloud Air
- Use the vCloud Air Web Console
- About Virtual Data Centers
- Create a Virtual Data Center
- View Virtual Data Center Details in vCloud Air
- Manage Resource Allocation for a Virtual Data Center
- Manage Virtual Machines in a Virtual Data Center
- Lock a Virtual Data Center
- Unlock a Virtual Data Center
- Set a Limit on Number of Virtual Machines in a Virtual Data Center
- Change Virtual Data Center Name or Description
- Delete a Virtual Data Center
- About Gateways and Networks
- Basic Management for Virtual Machines
- About Virtual Machine Monitoring
- Advanced Management for Virtual Machines
- Data Protection Service
- Features of the Data Protection Service
- About Data Protection Policies
- Reporting and Storage Use
- Billing for the Data Protection Service
- Ways to Restore Virtual Machines
- Enable Data Protection for a Virtual Data Center
- Update the Data Protection Policy for a Virtual Data Center
- Add a Backup Policy for a vApp
- Run a Manual Backup
- Restore a Virtual Machine from a Backup
- Restore a Deleted vApp
- Delete a Backup Image
- Disaster Recovery in vCloud Air
- Storage in vCloud Air
- About Snapshots
- vCloud Air User Management
- Technical Support
- Index
Restore a Virtual Machine from a Backup
You can restore a virtual machine from any restore point created when the Data Protection Service backs up
a vApp.
Prerequisites
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Verify that you have a subscription to the Data Protection Service.
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Verify that you have end user or virtual infrastructure administrator privileges.
Procedure
1 From the VDCs protected or vAPPs protected tabs, click the link in the Available Restore Points
column for the vApp that you want to restore.
The restore points dialog box appears.
2 Select the restore point to use.
3 From the top menu, select one of the following options:
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Restore as New vAPP
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Restore vAPP In-place
See “Ways to Restore Virtual Machines,” on page 41 for information.
4 If you are creating a new vApp from the restore point (Restore as New vAPP), specify these settings:
a Select the virtual data center for the vApp from the drop-down list.
b Enter a name for the new vApp.
5 From the Restore field, select one of the following options:
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Entire vApp
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Select specific Virtual Machines to restore and select the check boxes of the virtual machines to
restore.
6 Click Restore.
A confirmation message appears that the vApp was restored successfully.
Restore a Deleted vApp
If you mistakenly deleted a vApp by using vCloud Director, you can use the out-of-place restore option to
restore that vApp when the vApp is protected by the Data Protection Service.
To restore a deleted vApp, the vApp must be protected by the Data Protection Service. See “About Data
Protection Policies,” on page 38.
For information about deleting vApps, see Delete a vApp in vCloud Director User's Guide.
NOTE In vCloud Air, vApps and the virtual machines they contain typically have a one-to-one
correspondence.
Prerequisites
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Verify that you have a subscription to the Data Protection Service.
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You must have virtual administrator privileges in vCloud Air to restore deleted vApps.
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