Summary of Restore Operations

The following table summarizes conditions associated with the different types of restore operations:

Restore Operation	Restore Source (Backup Type)	Restore Target	Catalogic DPX Required on Restore Target	Restore Requires iSCSI Initiator Enabled on Host	Restore Requires iSCSI Initiator Enabled on VM	Storage Relocation Used
Instant VM Restore	Agentless VMware Backup snapshot	ESXi or vCenter	No	Yes	No	No
Full VM Restore	Agentless VMware Backup snapshot	ESXi Server	No	Yes	No	Yes, in most cases, otherwise cloning is used.
Instant VMDK Restore	Agentless VMware Backup snapshot	VM	No	Yes	No	No
Full VMDK Restore	Agentless VMware Backup snapshot	VM	No	Yes	No	Yes, in most cases, otherwise cloning is used.

Storage Relocation versus Cloning for Full Restore

With storage relocation, the restored disks are available for use as soon as RDM disks are attached to the VM. With cloning, the restored disks are available only after the full restore is completed.

In most cases, Agentless VMware Backup uses storage relocation for full restores of VMs and VMDKs. In cases where cloning is used, the VM will not be available for production use until the cloning completes. The following indicates conditions where Agentless VMware Backup uses cloning, rather than storage relocation:

• The target VM is in power off state.

• One of the target datastores is NFS. Note that restore to NFS datastores are supported to the original location only.