Step 2. Choose Objects to Restore

At the Source step of the wizard, select one or more objects (VMs, physical machines, database servers) for which backup files should be restored:

  • To restore VMs and physical machines, click Add and select where to browse for the machines:
  • From vSphere infrastructure or From Hyper-V infrastructure — these options are available for VMs only. Browse the selected virtual environment and select VMs to restore. If you choose a VM container, Veeam Backup & Replication will expand it to a plain VM list. To quickly find a VM, use the search field at the bottom of the list: select what you are searching for to the left of the search bar, enter the object name or a part of it and click the search button or press [Enter].
    Make sure that VMs you select from the virtual environment have been successfully archived to tape at least once.
  • From backup — browse existing backups on tape and select machines under backup to tape jobs. To quickly find machines, use the search field at the bottom of the Backup Browser window: enter a virtual or physical machine name or a part of it and click the search button on the right or press [Enter].
  • To restore Veeam Plug-In backups, click Add and select the necessary database servers in the Backup Browser window.

To remove an object, select it in the list and click Remove on the right.

Important

Within one restore session, you can select either VMs and physical machines, or Veeam Plug-In database servers. You cannot combine restoring Veeam Plug-In backup files with other types of backups.

Step 2. Choose Objects to Restore

By default, Veeam Backup & Replication will restore the latest restore point. However, if you want to restore a backup for the machine or database server to an earlier state, select an object in the list and click Point on the right. In the Restore Points window, select a restore point that should be used to restore the backup.

Note

[For VM and physical machine restore] If you choose a full backup point in the list, Veeam Backup & Replication will restore only this full backup. If you choose an increment, Veeam Backup & Replication will restore a chain consisting of a full backup and forward increments, necessary to restore machines to the required point-in-time.

If you have chosen to restore multiple machines or database servers, you can select a different restore point for every object specifically.

Step 2. Choose Objects to Restore

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