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NetVault Plug-in for Nutanix AHV 12.4 - User Guide

Selecting data for an image-level restore

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In the Navigation pane, click Create Restore Job.
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On the Create Restore Job — Choose Saveset page, select Plug‑in for Nutanix AHV from the Plugin Type list.
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To filter the items displayed in the saveset table further, use the Client, Date, and Job ID lists.
The table displays the saveset name (job title and saveset ID), creation date and time, and size. By default, the list is sorted by creation date.
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In the saveset table, select the applicable item.
When you select a saveset, the following details are displayed in the Saveset Information area: Job ID, job title, server name, client name, plug-in name, saveset date and time, retirement setting, Incremental Backup or not, Archive or not, and saveset size.
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Click Restore All Using Defaults or Restore.
 
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TIP: Clicking Restore All Using Defaults selects the entire saveset and pre-populates the details on the Create Restore Job page.
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On the Create Selection Set page, select the <clusterIP> or <clusterFQDN> node to display the VMs, and then select one or more VMs to restore.
 
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NOTE: If you select an Incremental or Differential Backup, the plug-in automatically restores all savesets in the backup sequence up to the selected saveset.

Setting image-level restore options

If you are restoring a backup that was created using an earlier version of the plug-in, complete the steps outlined in the user's guide for the corresponding version; this section only applies to the current version of the plug-in.

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On the Create Selection Set page, click .
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Select the applicable option, Recover entire VM to a cluster or Recover Disks Only.
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If you selected Recover entire VM to a cluster, select the following options, if applicable:
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If you want the recovered VM to be restarted automatically, select the Power-on VM after recovery option.
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If you want the original VM deleted after a successful recovery, select the Delete Original VM after recovery option.

Finalizing and submitting an image-level restore job

The final steps include setting additional options on the Schedule, Source Options, and Advanced Options pages, submitting the job, and monitoring the progress through the Job Status and View Logs pages. These pages and options are common to all NetVault Backup Plug-ins. For more information, see the Quest NetVault Backup Administrator’s Guide.

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To save the settings, click OK, and then click Next.
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In Job Name, specify a name for the job if you do not want to use the default setting.
Specify a detailed title that lets you easily identify the job when monitoring its progress. The job name can contain alphanumeric and nonalphanumeric characters, but it cannot contain non-Latin characters. There is no length restriction. However, a maximum of 40 characters is recommended on all platforms.
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In the Target Client list, select the machine on which you want to restore the data.
 
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TIP: You can also click Choose, and then locate and select the applicable client in the Choose the Target Client dialog box.
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Use the Schedule, Source Options, and Advanced Options lists to configure any additional required options.
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Click Save or Save & Submit, whichever is applicable.
You can monitor progress on the Job Status page and view the logs on the View Logs page. For more information, see the Quest NetVault Backup Administrator’s Guide.

Performing disk-level recovery

You can restore individual disks from an image-level backup. The process includes the steps outlined in the following topics:

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Selecting data for a disk-level restore
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Setting disk-level restore options
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Finalizing and submitting a disk-level restore job
 
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IMPORTANT: You can select multiple disks from different VMs for a disk-level restore job.

Nutanix guest tools (NGT) are not restore as part of the recovery process.

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