Instant Restore to Synology Virtual Machine Manager

The integration of Active Backup for Business with Synology Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) provides users with an alternative solution for disaster recovery, browsing and restoring application data, and upgrading test environments. This section guides you through how to instantly restore the backed up device on Synology VMM and the prerequisites for executing such a task.

Contents

  1. Before You Start
  2. Launch Synology VMM Wizard
  3. Restore Wizard

Before You Start

Instantly restore the backed up device on Synology VMM provides users with an alternative solution for disaster recovery and for upgrading test environments and restoring application data by leveraging the native export/import tools.

Limitations: VM backup in Synology VMM is only supported on DSM 6.2 and Synology VMM 2.3.4 or above. For further information about the limitations of Synology VMM, please refer to here.

Launch Synology VMM Wizard

Restore Wizard

Follow the restore wizard to do the following:

To select a VM and restore point:

Select the VM you want to instantly restore on Synology VMM and select a restore point.

Note:

To configure VM settings:

After you have selected the VM you want to restore and the restore point, a Synology VMM wizard will be launched for configuring the settings of the selected VM. Please refer to Synology Virtual Machine Manager for more details.

To apply settings and restore the VM:

After you have configured the settings, click Apply. The VM backup will be imported into Synology VMM and you can choose to power on the VM in the VMM console.