Restoring to Google Compute Engine

In case a disaster strikes, you can restore entire VM instances from cloud-native snapshots or image-level backups.

To restore VM instances from cloud-native snapshots, Veeam Backup & Replication invokes native GCP capabilities. To restore VM instances from image-level backups, Veeam Backup & Replication uses different algorithms depending on whether a Veeam Backup for GCP appliance is present in the Veeam Backup & Replication infrastructure:

• If a Veeam Backup for GCP appliance and standard or archive repositories connected to it are present in the Veeam Backup & Replication infrastructure, Veeam Backup & Replication uses the restore algorithm described in the Performing Instance Restore section in the Veeam Backup for GCP User Guide.
• If a Veeam Backup for GCP appliance is not present in the Veeam Backup & Replication infrastructure and only standard repositories connected to this appliance are present there, Veeam Backup & Replication uses the restore algorithm described in the How Restore to Google Compute Engine Works section in the Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide.

To restore a VM instance, do the following:

1. Launch the Restore to Google Compute Engine wizard
2. Select VM instances and restore points
3. Choose a restore mode
4. Select a datacenter region
5. Configure instance types and encryption
6. Specify instance names
7. Configure network settings
8. Specify a restore reason
9. Finish working with the wizard