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Open the Instant Virtual Machine Wizard

You can configure and create an Instant VM from the Instant VM wizard. There are three ways to open the Instant VM wizard:

• From the Node Management
• From the Destination Management: Recovery Point Server
• From the Destination Management: Shared Folder

Open the Wizard from the Node management view

1. Click the resources tab.
2. From the left pane, navigate to Nodes and click All Nodes.
3. All the nodes are displayed on the center pane.
4. Right-click a node and select Create an Instant VM.

   The Instant VM wizard opens.

   Note: If a node is not associated with any plan, such node does not have the Create an Instant VM option.

Open the Wizard from the Destination management view

From Destinations: Recovery Point Server

1. Click the resources tab.
2. From the left pane, navigate to Destinations, and click Recovery Point Servers.

   If you have added any data stores, these data stores are displayed in the center pane.

3. Click the data store.

   If you have already backed up data to the RPS, all the source node are listed in the pane.

4. Right-click a node and select Create an Instant VM.

   The Instant VM wizard opens.

From Destinations: Shared Folder

1. Click the resources tab.
2. From the left pane, navigate to Destinations, and click Shared Folders.
3. If you have added any shared folders, these shared folders are displayed on the center pane.
4. Click a shared folder and select Recovery Point Browser.

   If you have already backed up data to the shared folder, all the source nodes are listed in the pane.

5. Right-click a node, and select Create an Instant VM.

   The Instant VM wizard opens.