Step 5. Specify Secure Restore Settings

This step is available if you restore disks of Microsoft Windows VMs.

You can instruct Veeam Backup & Replication to scan machine data with antivirus software and YARA rules before restoring the machine to the production environment.

To specify secure restore settings:

  1. To use antivirus software as a scan engine, select the Scan the restore point with an antivirus engine check box. For more information on antivirus scan, see Antivirus Scan (Secure Restore).
  2. [For Veeam Backup & Replication version 12.1 (build 12.1.0.2131) and later] To use a YARA rule as a scan engine, select the Scan the restore point with the following YARA rule check box and choose a YARA rule from the drop-down list.

For a YARA rule to appear in the drop-down list, it must be placed in the YaraRules folder in the Veeam Backup & Replication product folder. For more information, see YARA Scan for Scan Backup.

Tip

To copy the path to the folder with YARA rules, click Copy YARA rules location to clipboard.

  1. Select which action Veeam Backup & Replication will take if scan detects a virus threat:
  • Proceed with recovery but do not attach infected disks to the target VM. Select this action if you want to continue the virtual disk restore. In this case, the restored disk will not be attached to the target VM.
  • Abort disk recovery. Select this action if you want to cancel the restore session.
  1. Select the Continue scanning all remaining files after the first occurrence (Scan the entire image – for version 12 (build 12.0.0.1420)) check box if you want to continue the virtual disk scan after the first virus threat is detected. For information on how to view results of the malware scan, see Viewing Malware Scan Results.

Step 5. Specify Secure Restore Settings 

Page updated 11/20/2023

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