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How to Browse VMware Sessions

You use the same process to restore data contained in a VM as that of restoring from any other physical server.

Note: For more information about restoring data, see the Administration Guide.

However, restoring data from a VM presents the following limitations:

• You can restore file level backups (File Mode) to their original location or an alternate location.

  Note: To restore files to their original location on a VM, the Client Agent for Windows must be installed on the VM.

• You can restore raw (full VM) level backups to an alternate location only.

When you select the Restore by Tree option on the Source tab in the Restore Manager, the VM backups performed in raw (full VM) mode display as VMware Raw Image. When you perform file mode backups, the corresponding volumes in the VM display.

The session properties section of the Restore Manager window displays the following information about the VMware backup data:

• VMware Proxy--Indicates the name of the backup proxy system that was used to back up this VM.
• VMware vCenter Server/VMware ESX Host--Indicates the name of the VMware ESX Host system or the vCenter Server system from which the VM was running when the backup job was submitted.
• Host Name--Indicates the host name of the VM involved with the backup job.
• Session Method--Indicates the type of backup method that was used to back up the VM (for example, Raw and File).