NetVault Plug-in for VMware 11.4


Option	Description
Recover virtual machine to vCenter	To restore a virtual machine or one or more virtual drives to the same vCenter Server or a different one, select this option.
Alternate Datastore	Specify the destination datastore name for the virtual machine. For more information about this option, see Alternate Datastore. This option is required when relocating a virtual machine. If you do not specify this job, the restore job fails.

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Standalone ESXi Server setup: To relocate a virtual machine to a standalone ESXi Server, click the Restore virtual machine to standalone ESXi host tab, and configure the following options.


Option	Description
Recover virtual machine to standalone ESXi host	To restore a full virtual machine or one or more virtual drives to a standalone ESXi Server, select this option.
Alternate Datastore	Specify the destination datastore name for the virtual machine. For more information about this option, see Alternate Datastore. This option is required when relocating a virtual machine. If you do not specify this job, the restore job fails.
Host	Type the IP address or DNS name of the alternate ESXi Server host.
User Name	Specify a user account that can be used to log in to the ESXi Server. The user account must have privileges to register or create virtual machines
Password	Type the password for the user account.

Complete Step 5 through Step 11 in Restoring data.

NOTE: A feature introduced in vSphere 5 prevents you from restoring a virtual machine directly to an ESXi 5 host when the host is managed by a vCenter Server. To restore a virtual machine directly to the host, you must first disassociate the host from the vCenter Server.

To disassociate an ESXi Server from a vCenter Server:

From the vSphere Client, connect directly to the ESXi 5 host.

In the Inventory panel, select the host.

In the panel on the right, click Summary.

Select the Disassociate host from vCenter Server check box.

For more information, see the relevant vSphere documentation.

Restoring a virtual machine to an alternate vCenter Server

To restore a virtual machine to an alternate VMware vCenter Server, complete the following steps.

Complete Step 1 through Step 4 in Restoring data.

Click Edit Plugin Options.

Configure the applicable options in the Plug‑in for VMware Restore Options dialog box.


Option	Description
Alternate vCenter Address	Enter the Server Address of the alternate vCenter Server.
User Name	Specify a user account that can be used to log in to the vCenter Server. The user account must have privileges to register or create virtual machines
Password	Type the password for the user account.

Complete Step 5 through Step 11 in Restoring data.

Renaming a virtual machine during restore

To restore a virtual machine or its individual disks without overwriting the existing copy, you can rename the virtual machine during restore. The plug-in creates a virtual machine and restores the contents of the selected disks.

Complete Step 1 through Step 4 in Restoring data.

Select the target virtual machine, and in the Actions list, click Rename.

In the Restore Rename dialog box, select the Rename To check box, and type a new name for the virtual machine in the associated box.

The name can contain a maximum of 80 characters. It cannot include any special characters (such as, / \ ? * : @ > < | " ? &). If you specify more than 80 characters or use any special character in the virtual machine name, the job reports an error and fails.

To close the dialog box, click OK.

After you close the dialog box, the plug-in updates the corresponding node in the selections tree to display the new name for the virtual machine.

Complete Step 5 through Step 11 in Restoring data.

When you start the renamed virtual machine and a dialog box is displayed that asks whether you copied the virtual machine or moved it, select the I_moved it option, and close the dialog box.