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Restore Hyper-V workloads with NetApp Backup and Recovery

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Restore Hyper-V workloads from local snapshots, replicated backups on secondary storage, or backups in object storage by using NetApp Backup and Recovery.

Restore from these locations

You can restore workloads from these locations:

  • Restore from a primary location (local snapshot)

  • Restore from a replicated resource on secondary storage

  • Restore from an object storage backup

Restore to these points

You can restore data to these destinations:

  • Restore to the original location (from primary, secondary, and object storage)

  • Restore to an alternate location (from primary, secondary, and object storage)

Restore from object storage considerations

If you select a backup file in object storage and ransomware protection is active for that backup because you enabled DataLock and ransomware protection in the backup policy, you are prompted to run an additional integrity check before you restore the data. We recommend that you run the scan.

Tip You'll incur extra egress costs from your cloud provider to access the contents of the backup file.

How restoring workloads works

When you restore a workload, the following occurs:

  • When you restore a workload from a local backup file, NetApp Backup and Recovery creates a new resource using the data from the backup.

  • When you restore from a replicated workload, you can restore the workload to the original system or to an on-premises ONTAP system.

From the Restore page, you can restore a resource even if you do not remember its exact name, location, or the date of its last good backup. You can search for the snapshot by using filters.

Restore Hyper-V workloads

Restore Hyper-V workloads using the Restore menu. You can search for a snapshot by name or by using filters.

Required NetApp Console role
Backup and Recovery super admin or Backup and Recovery restore admin role. Learn about NetApp Console access roles for all services.

Steps

  1. From the NetApp Backup and Recovery menu, select Restore.

  2. From the drop-down list to the right of the name search field, select Hyper-V.

  3. Enter the name of the resource you want to restore, or filter by VM name, VM host, or the storage pool where the resource is located.

    A list of snapshots appears that match your search criteria.

  4. Select the Restore button for the snapshot that you want to restore.

    A list of possible restore points appears.

  5. Select the restore point that you want to use.

  6. Select a snapshot source location.

  7. Select Next to continue.

  8. Choose the restore destination and settings:

    Destination selection
    Restore to original location

    1. Select the Original location pane.
      When you restore to the original location, you can view the destination settings by expanding the Destination settings section, but you cannot change them.

    2. In the Post-restore options section, consider the following option:

      • Start the virtual machine: Enable this option to boot the new virtual machine after it is restored.

    Restore to alternate location

    1. Select the Alternate location pane.

    2. In the Destination settings section, enter the following information:

      • Hyper-V FQDN or IP address: Enter the fully qualified domain name or IP address of the destination Hyper-V host.

      • Network: Select the destination network where you want to restore the snapshot.

      • Virtual machine name: Enter the name of the VM that you want to restore.

      • Destination location: Enter the destination folder or CIFS share that should contain the restored data.

    3. In the Destination storage section (visible only when restoring from object storage):

      • Change default storage location: Enable this option to restore an object store backup to a different location if the source storage location is unreachable or full. Choose a different cluster, storage VM, or aggregate to use.

    4. In the Pre-restore options section, consider the following options:

      • Quick restore: Enable this option to make the restored VM available immediately. Only the files needed to run the VM are restored from the object store, rather than the entire volume.

    5. In the Post-restore options section, consider the following options:

      • Start the virtual machine: Enable this option to boot the new virtual machine after it is restored.

  9. Select Restore.