This section describes how to export a recovery point to create a virtual machine.
Topics include:
Exporting to virtual machines using Rapid Recovery
Exporting data to an ESXi virtual machine
Exporting data to a VMware Workstation virtual machine
Exporting data to a Hyper-V virtual machine
Exporting data to a VirtualBox virtual machine
From the Rapid Recovery Core, you can export a recovery point of a Windows or Linux machine from a repository to a virtual machine (VM). If the original machine protected on the Core fails, you can boot up the virtual machine to quickly replace it temporarily, allowing you time to recover the original protected machine without substantial downtime. This virtual export process results in a VM with all of the backup information from a recovery point, as well as the operating system and settings for the protected machine. The VM becomes a bootable clone of the protected machine.
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NOTE: The recovery point used must be part of a complete recovery point chain. For more information about recovery point chains, see the topic Recovery point chains and orphans. |
You can perform a virtual export from the Virtual Standby page in the Core Console, or by selecting VM Export from the Restore drop-down menu on the button bar.
When you perform a virtual export from Rapid Recovery Core, you have two choices:
In between the time a virtual export job queues and is completed, the job is listed on the Export Queue pane of the Virtual Standby page in the Core Console.
The following diagram shows a typical deployment for exporting data to a virtual machine.
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NOTE: In a continual export configuration involving replication set up between two Cores (source and target), you can export from either Core. However, you can only perform virtual export from the target Core after the initial replication is complete. Subsequently, each time a new snapshot of the protected machine is captured, replication from a source Core queues a new virtual export job after each snapshot is captured. Replication from a target Core queues a new virtual export job after replication job. |
Compatible VM hypervisors include vCenter/ESXi, VMware Workstation, Hyper-V, VirtualBox, and Azure. For information about supported versions of these hypervisors, see the topic " Hypervisor requirements" in the Rapid Recovery 6.3 System Requirements Guide .
For ESXi, VMware Workstation, or Hyper-V, the virtual machine version must be a licensed version of these virtual machines, not the trial or free versions. Exporting to Azure requires you to have an account on Azure, with other prerequisites.
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NOTE: Working with Azure involves aspects unique to that cloud service provider. Like all other Azure features in Rapid Recovery, virtual export now uses the Azure Resource Management (ARM) deployment method. Azure setup steps and prerequisites to performing virtual export from the Rapid Recovery Core Console have changed accordingly. For details on Azure prerequisites prior to export, see Before virtual export to Azure. |
Related Topics
In Rapid Recovery, you can export data to ESXi by performing a one-time export, or by establishing a continual export (for virtual standby). Complete the steps in the following procedures for the appropriate type of export.
Topics include:
Complete the steps in this procedure to perform a one-time export to ESXi.
The Virtual Machine Export Wizard appears.
Options | Description | ||
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Host name |
Enter a name for the host machine. | ||
Port |
Enter the port for the host machine. The default is 443. | ||
User name |
Enter the user name for logging on to the host machine.
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Password | Enter the password for logging on to the host machine. |
Option | Description | ||
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Resource pool |
Select a resource pool from the drop-down list. | ||
VM configuration location |
Select a data store from the drop-down list. | ||
VM name |
Enter a name for the virtual machine you want to export. The VM name that automatically appears by default is the name of the machine from which the recovery point originated. | ||
Amount of RAM |
Specify the memory usage for the virtual machine by clicking one of the following:
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Number of processors |
Enter the number of virtual CPUs you want for the exported virtual machine. The minimum is 1. | ||
Cores per processor |
Enter the number of cores to use for each processor. The minimum is 1. | ||
Disk provisioning |
Select the type of disk provisioning from the following options:
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Disk mapping |
Specify the type of disk mapping as appropriate. You can choose from:
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Version |
Select the version of the virtual machine. | ||
Network adapters |
Optionally, specify network adapter options for the VM to be exported.
You can choose from:
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Secure boot |
Optionally, choose the secure boot option for the exported VM.
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Restore all configuration data |
If you want to recover all VM configurations for volumes being recovered, select this option. If you want to restore data only and not the VM configurations, clear this option. This option appears only when performing virtual export of an agentless VM and after a resource pool is selected. For more information on the VM configuration backup and restore feature of Rapid Recovery, see VMware VM configuration backup and restore. |
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NOTE: You can monitor the status and progress of the export by viewing the Virtual Standby or Events pages. |
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NOTE: You can monitor the status and progress of the export by viewing the Virtual Standby or Events pages. |
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