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Recover Hyper-V Virtual Machines

The process of recovering Hyper-V VMs lets you recreate the entire VM and restore its data. Using this process you can recover a VM from a disaster and clone a VM.

Browsing the Recover VM Window

The Recover VM window lets you browse, select, and modify various fields. When you rest your mouse pointer over an editable field, the background color of the field appears yellow.

Restore Manager Window with the Recover VM method specified. Roll your mouse pointer over a field. The background changes color to denote an editable field.

To modify an editable field, select the target field and then click the ellipsis to browse the field.

Restore Manager Window with the Recover VM method specified. Click the ellipsis in the Backup Version field to browse for backup sessions.

Considerations

Be aware of the following considerations:

To recover Hyper-V virtual machines

  1. Open the Restore Manager, click the Source tab, and select Recover Virtual Machine from the drop-down list.

    Restore Manager Window with the Source tab selected. The Recover Virtual Machines restore method is selected.

    The Restore Virtual Machine window opens.

    Restore Manager Recover VM Screen.

  2. To search for a Hyper-V VM, perform one of the following actions and then go to the next step.
  3. Complete the following fields in the VM list.
  4. Click Options on the toolbar.

    The Global Options dialog opens.

  5. Click the Operation tab and specify the option that follows:

    Note: The option that follows does not appear on the Operation tab unless the Recover Virtual Machine method is specified.

  6. Click OK.

    The options are applied.

  7. Click Submit to submit the restore job.

    The Submit Job dialog opens.

  8. On the Submit Job dialog, select Run Now to run the job immediately, or select Run On and select a future date and time when you want the job to run.

    Enter a description for your job and click OK.

    The job is submitted.

    Note: For more information about submitting jobs, see the Administration Guide.