Introduction
This guide is to show how to restore protected VMs already backed up by the Cloudist Solutions VDC backup feature
Prerequisites
Backup has been applied to Virtual Machine at least 24h prior to attempting restore.
Procedure
To restore a VM
Log in to https://portal.cloudist.solutionsse
Select ‘Virtual Data Center ’service
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Select Region, Virtual Datacenter and click on ‘Log in to VDC’
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the Virtual Datacenter name
Once logged into your VDCCloud Director interface and proper Virtual Datacenter, click ‘More’ More, then ‘Data Protection’ Data Protection
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Click ‘Restore' then 'VM’ Recovery then Recover
Click VM
Search for a VM to restore
Tip: Can can you use * to search all available VMs
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Select the VM to restore and click Continue.
In the Restore VM page, select the snapshot and provide a prefix and suffix.
Note: Prefix or suffix is required to ensure that the VM name is unique.By default, the VM is restored back to the original location. However, you can choose to recover to a new location by toggling on the option.
Click Restore.
In the Confirmation dialog, click Yes. A success message is displayed. To check the status, navigate to Monitor to check for the recovery task as described in Monitor Backup and Restore Tasks .
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