Hyper Converged Infrastructure (HCI/aSV)

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Hyper Converged Infrastructure (HCI/aSV) {{ breadTitle }} User Manual HCI Platform Configuration Guide VMware Management Restoring VMware Virtual Machines
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Restoring VMware Virtual Machines

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Description

HCI supports backing up VMware virtual machines to the HCI platform and supports restoring the backed up virtual machines to the HCI platform or VMware vCenter.

Precautions

VMware virtual machines automatically install vmTools when the HCI platform is restored from backup.

Prerequisites

VMware virtual machines have been backed up.

Steps

  1. Find the virtual machine to be backed up in Reliability > Scheduled Backup/CDP > VMware Backups.

  1. Click Recover to enter the recovery confirmation interface.
  2. Select the recovery location, choose recover to HCI or VMware vCenter, and click OK.
  3. Click OK again to start the recovery.