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When Veeam Backup & Replication restores a VM that is archived to tape, it performs the following operations:
- Veeam Backup & Replication checks the Backup Catalog in the Veeam Backup & Replication database to discover the tapes containing the needed backup files. If the tapes are offline, Veeam Backup & Replication prompts the user to insert the required tapes.
- Veeam Backup & Replication connects to the Data Mover service deployed on a tape server.
- The Data Mover copies the relevant backup files from the tapes to a staging repository.
- The VM is restored to disk by the regular VM restore procedure.
- Veeam Backup & Replication updates the Backup Catalog and Tape Catalog in the Veeam Backup database and deletes the backup files from the staging repository.
