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Performing Instant VM Recovery

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    With Instant VM Recovery, you can immediately start a VM from a backup file stored in the backup repository. Instant VM Recovery accelerates the restore process, allows you to improve RTOs and decrease downtime of production VMs.

    Before starting Instant VM Recovery, check prerequisites. Then use the Instant VM Recovery wizard to recover the necessary VM.

    Performing Instant VM Recovery Important!

    If you recover a VM with original settings, and the original VM still exists in the virtual infrastructure, disks of the original VM will be removed. Make sure that disks of the original VMs are not used by other VMs in the virtual environment.

    1. Launch the Instant VM Recovery wizard
    2. Select VMs
    3. Select a restore point
    4. Select a recovery mode
    5. Select a destination host
    6. Select a destination location
    7. Specify network mapping
    8. Change VM name and UUID
    9. Specify a restore reason
    10. Verify Instant VM Recovery settings
    11. Finalize Instant VM Recovery