Step 11. Finalize Instant VM Recovery

All VMs restored with Instant VM Recovery are displayed in the Backup & Replication view, under the Instant Recovery node.

To check the progress of Instant VM Recovery and view session details:

1. Open the Backup & Replication view.
2. In the inventory pane, click the Instant Recovery node.
3. In the working area, right-click the VM and select Properties.

Alternatively, you can open the History view, select the Instant Recovery node under Restore in the inventory pane and double-click the Instant VM Recovery session.

After the VM has been successfully recovered, you can finalize Instant VM Recovery in one of two ways:

• Migrate the recovered VM to production
• Unpublish the recovered VM

Migrating Recovered VM

When Veeam Backup & Replication migrates the VM, it transfers VM disks data to the production storage that you have selected as a destination for the recovered VM.

To migrate the recovered VM to production:

1. Open the Backup & Replication view.
2. In the inventory pane, select the Instant Recovery node.
3. In the working area, right-click the VM and select Migrate to production.

Removing Recovered VM

To remove the recovered VM:

1. Open the Backup & Replication view.
2. In the inventory pane, select the Instant Recovery node.
3. In the working area, right-click the VM and select Stop publishing.