Instant Restore

Instant Restore is a feature that can quickly restart a virtual machine directly from a compressed and deduplicated backup file to minimize the downtime of virtual machines. This section guides you through the prerequisites for Instant Restore and how to perform it step by step. Please note that the steps for cross-hypervisor restore might be slightly different.

Contents

  1. Before You Start
  2. Launch the Restore Wizard
  3. Restore Wizard

Before You Start

Instant Restore can quickly restart a virtual machine directly from a compressed and deduplicated backup file to minimize downtime of virtual machines. Compared with the full virtual machine restore that requires longer time and has a full I/O performance, Instant Restore can restart a virtual machine within seconds but has a limited I/O performance.

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Launch the Restore Wizard

With Instant Restore, you can launch the restore wizard to restore a virtual machine to its most recent state or to any available restore point by doing either of the following:

Restore Wizard

Follow the restore wizard to do the following:

To select virtual machines and restore points:

Select the virtual machines you want to restore and choose a restore point for each of them.

To select the restore mode:

You can select either of the following modes according to your needs:

To configure restore settings:

To apply settings and restore virtual machines:

In the summary step, please check the information of the virtual machine intended to be restored and click Apply to restore it. You will then be automatically directed to Restore Status to monitor the restoration progress.

Enable Power on VM automatically after restoration if you want to run the restored virtual machine immediately. For testing purposes, we advise you not to select this option. Instead, we recommend you to manually disconnect the initial virtual machine from the production network to avoid possible conflicts.