Performing Instant Disk Recovery

You can instantly recover a VM disk from a storage snapshot without prior de-staging and intermediate restores. Instant Disk Recovery accelerates VM restore, improves RTOs and decreases downtime of production VMs.

Note

First Class Disks (FCD) are not supported for Instant Disk Recovery from storage snapshots.

To restore a VM disk from a storage snapshot, use the Instant Disk Recovery wizard.

  1. Launch Instant Disk Recovery Wizard
  2. Select VM
  3. Select Restore Point
  4. Specify Mapping
  5. Specify Restore Reason
  6. Verify Instant Disk Recovery Settings