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 will guide 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

By leveraging the native export/import tools, the backed up device instantly restored on Synology VMM helps users prepare for disaster recovery, test environment upgrade, and application data restoring.

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Launch Synology VMM Wizard

Restore Wizard

Follow the restore wizard to do the following:

To select a virtual machine and restore point:

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

Note:

To configure virtual machine settings:

After you selected the virtual machine and the restore point, a Synology VMM wizard will be launched for you to configure the settings of the selected virtual machine. Please refer to Synology Virtual Machine Manager for more details.

To apply settings and restore the virtual machine:

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