Entire VM Restore

To restore a VM from a backup, Veeam Plug-in for KubeVirt performs the following steps:

1. [Applies only if you perform restore to the original location and if the backed-up VM is still present in the location] Connects to the Veeam KubeVirt Proxy in the Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization cluster to power off and remove the backed-up VM from the cluster.
2. The Veeam KubeVirt Proxy creates empty virtual disks in the target location. The number of empty disks equals the number of disks attached to the backed-up VM.
3. The Veeam KubeVirt Proxy launches a VKP Data Mover that connects to the backup repository, restores backed-up data to the empty disks, creates a new VM and attaches the restored disks to the created VM.

Veeam Plug-in for KubeVirt restores disks sequentially, one disk at a time. For each restored disk, Veeam Plug-in for KubeVirt creates a PersistentVolumeClaim (PVC).

4. The Veeam KubeVirt Proxy shuts down the VKP Data Mover when the restore session completes.

To learn how to restore an entire VM, see Performing Restore.