Restore a virtual machine from a backup copy
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You can use SnapManager for Hyper-V to restore a virtual machine (VM) from a backup copy. You can also restore a VM that is part of a cluster. SnapManager for Hyper-V determines the appropriate node in the cluster to which to restore the VM.
To restore a VM, SnapManager for Hyper-V uses the file-level restore feature in SnapDrive for Windows. You can spread the associated files of a VM, including the configuration file, Snapshot copies, and any VHDs, across multiple ONTAP LUNs. A LUN can contain files belonging to multiple VMs.
If a LUN contains only files associated with the VM that you want to restore, SnapManager for Hyper-V restores the LUN by using LCSR (LUN clone split restore). If a LUN contains additional files not associated with the virtual machine that you want to restore, SnapManager for Hyper-V restores the virtual machine by using the file copy restore operation.
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