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Step 3. Select Restore Mode

At the Restore Mode step of the Full VM Restore to Nutanix AHV wizard, specify how VMs will be restored.

Select Restore to original location if you want to restore VMs with initial settings to their original location. If you select this option and click Next, you pass directly to the Reason step of the wizard.

If a VM with the same name exists on the original AHV container, it will be replaced by the VM restored from the backup or snapshot.

Select Restore to a new location, or with different settings, if you want to restore VMs to a different location and/or with different settings (such as VM name, VM location, and network settings). If you select this option, the Full VM Restore to Nutanix AHV wizard will include additional steps for customizing VM settings.

Note

If you restore from a backup snapshot, you cannot restore the VM to a different cluster or different container.
If you restore from a user snapshot, you cannot restore the VM to a different cluster or different container.
If you restore from a PD snapshot, you cannot restore the VM to a different cluster or different container. Also, you cannot select a network for restored VMs.

Step 3. Select Restore Mode