Performing Disk Restore
In case a disaster strikes, you can restore disks of a Nutanix AHV VM from a backup or backup snapshot. Veeam Backup for Nutanix AHV allows you to attach the restored disks to the original VM or any other VM in the virtual infrastructure.
Note |
You cannot restore disks of volume groups attached to the VM. |
How Disk Restore Works
During the VM disk restore process, the following steps are performed:
- The Nutanix AHV backup appliance web console sends the restore session configuration data to the Nutanix AHV backup appliance.
- The Nutanix AHV backup appliance powers off the target VM.
- The Nutanix AHV backup appliance creates empty virtual disks in the Nutanix AHV infrastructure.
- The Nutanix AHV backup appliance connects to the backup repository and restores backed-up data to the empty disks.
- [This step applies only if you restore the disks to the original VM and if you choose to replace the existing disks] The Nutanix AHV backup appliance detaches the original disks from the VM and removes them from the Nutanix AHV infrastructure.
- The Nutanix AHV backup appliance attaches the created disks with the restored data to the target VM.
How to Perform Disk Restore
To restore disks attached to a protected VM, do the following: