Restoring Tenant Backups to Microsoft Azure

The SP can restore tenant data to public clouds from the Veeam Cloud Connect server. Therefore the SP can perform restore operations with tenant backups to facilitate disaster recovery scenarios of tenant backups and use public cloud platforms as a target. This enables migration, for example, if the tenant decides to move permanently from an on premises repository to a public cloud repository.

The SP can restore to the following public cloud repositories:

• Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2)
• Microsoft Azure IaaS

Keep in mind that encrypted tenant backups cannot be restored to the Microsoft Azure repository.

For details on how restore to the Microsoft Azure repository works and limitations within the Veeam Backup & Replication infrastructure, see the Restore to Microsoft Azure section in the Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide.

To start the operation, the SP must first disable the tenant account. To do that, complete the following steps:

1. Open the Cloud Connect view.
2. In the inventory pane, click Tenants.
3. In the working area, right-click the tenant account and select Disable.

To learn more about this operation, see Disabling and Enabling Tenant Accounts.

To restore tenant backup to a Microsoft Azure repository, do the following:

1. Open the Home view.
2. Select the Backups node in the inventory pane. Expand the repository node in the working area, and select the necessary VM and click Backup on the ribbon or right-click the replica and select Restore to Microsoft Azure.

3. At the Machine step of the wizard, select the VM in the list, click Point on the right and select the necessary restore point.

4. At the Subscription step of the wizard, elect a subscription, location for the restored workloads and define how workload data must be transported to Microsoft Azure.

If you are restoring the workloads to a distant location and want to speed up the restore process, select the Use a proxy appliance check box. From the drop-down list, select an Azure restore proxy appliance.

5. At the Name step of the wizard, specify names and manage tags for the restored workloads.

6. At the VM Size step of the wizard, select VM sizes, storage accounts where to store disks of the restored workloads, select disks to restore and change their type.

7. At the Resource Group step of the wizard, select resource groups for the restored workloads for them. By default, Veeam Backup & Replication creates a new resource group for the restored workloads and places them to it.

8. At the Network step of the wizard, select to which networks and subnets the restored workloads will be connected. By default, Veeam Backup & Replication creates a new security group for the restored workloads.

9. At the Secure Restore step of the wizard, use Veeam Backup & Replication to scan machine data with antivirus software and YARA rules before restoring the machine to the production environment.

10. At the Reason step of the wizard, specify the reason for future reference.
11. At the Summary step of the wizard, check the specified settings and click Finish.

After complete the operation, the SP must enable the tenant account. To do that, complete the following steps::

1. Open the Cloud Connect view.
2. In the inventory pane, click Tenants.
3. In the working area, right-click the tenant account and select Disable.

To learn more about this operation, see Disabling and Enabling Tenant Accounts.