Full VM Restore for Hyper-V

Full Virtualization for Hyper-V creates a new VM that contains a duplicate of the original machine. Each partition of the snapshot is physically transferred to its disk volume on the new VM during virtualization. In other words, Full Virtualization creates a virtual disk with the same layout as the corresponding disk of the backed-up source machine and populates it with the backed-up data. This method is often used to create permanent VMs that can be put into production.

Tip. All the source disks will be created as .vhdx files on the specified datastore, based on the snapshot image from the secondary storage system.

See also. In addition to virtual machines, you can also restore specific files or directories in them. For more details about restoring files, see Agentless File Restore.

Creating a Full VM Restore Job for Hyper-V

1. Go to Job Manager in the sidebar.

2. Click New Restore Job to open the New Restore dialog.

3. Select Full VM Restore and click Next.

4. The VM object list shows all VMs that you backed up by using the DPX Agentless Backup. The available objects to restore can be sorted by Name, Type, associated Job Name, the Backup Date/Time, or Size. Find the VM you want to restore. Alternatively, select Latest Recovery Point. Click Next.

5. In the Recovery Points pane, select the recovery point to restore. You can select the Latest Recovery Point or either one of the other recovery points in the list. The available recovery points can be sorted by Backup Date/Time, Job Name, or Secondary Node. Click Next.

6. In the Options pane, specify the Job Name. The name may be up to 64 characters long and may only contain letters, digits and - _ characters.

7. Specify job options using toggles. See below.

Basic Job Options

Power on the virtual machine after restoring

Toggle on	The newly restored virtual machine will be powered on when restore is completed.
Toggle off	The VM will be restored in the powered-off state.

Delete the source virtual machine if it exists

Toggle on	Upon restore completion, DPX will attempt to delete the source virtual machine (if it exists and if DPX still has access to it).
Toggle off	The source VM will remain unchanged in its location. Note. If no alternate location was chosen for the restored VM, both VMs will exist simultaneously in the same location. The old machine will not be overwritten by the restore job.

Delete the restore job on successful completion

Toggle on	The restore job defined in this process will be deleted upon successful completion. If the job fails, it will not be deleted.
Toggle off	The restore job will be saved and will be accessible later in Job Manager.

Custom VM Restore options

You can create the VM in a location that is different from the location in which the source virtual machine exists. Select the Target Host and Virtual Machine Properties (see below).

Target Host

• Select Node Name from the drop-down list. This must be an existing Hyper-V machine added as a node to DPX.

• Specify the Node Path or leave default. This is the location on the Hyper-V node where the data will be recovered to.

Virtual Machine Properties

Specify the new virtual machine name.

8. Click Save. A Run Job prompt will be shown.

9. Click Yes to run the job immediately or No if you want to run it later from the Job Manager. After a successful job run, the restored virtual machine will be visible in the Hyper-V Manager: