Redirecting the restore of a VMware virtual machine

By default, Backup Exec restores data to the location from which it was originally backed up. If you want to restore data to a different virtual machine than where the data originally resided, you must create a redirected restore job.

To redirect the restore of a VMware virtual machine

  1. On the navigation bar, click the arrow next to Restore.

  2. Click New Restore Job.

  3. Select the data to be restored.

  4. In the Properties pane, under Destination, click VMware Redirection.

  5. Select the appropriate options as follows:

    Redirect using VirtualCenter and ESX servers

    Check this option to redirect data to the VirtualCenter or the ESX servers.

    VirtualCenter and ESX Servers

    Type the name of the VirtualCenter or the ESX server to which you want to redirect data.

    Server logon account

    Use the default logon account that appears, or select another logon account to use for the VirtualCenter or ESX server to which you want to redirect data.

    Browse VirtualCenter and ESX servers for destination

    Click Browse VirtualCenter and ESX servers for destination, and then select the virtual server on which you want to redirect data. You can use this option instead of typing the name of the VirtualCenter or the ESX server.

    Data Center

    Displays the name of the datacenter, or group of ESX servers.

    Virtual machine Datastore

    Displays the name of the storage location on the ESX server that is used to store the data.

    Host or Cluster

    Displays the name of the ESX server that will run the virtual machine after the restore job completes.

    New virtual machine name

    Type the new virtual machine name.

    You may want to provide a new virtual machine name if a virtual machine with the same name already exists on the server.

    Use the original disk datastore selections if available on the selected host

    Check this option to use the original datastore selections on the virtual server. If the original datastore selections do not exist, then the datastore selections from the backup data are used.

    Choose a network

    Select the network for the virtual machine to use after the restore job completes.

  6. Do one of the following:

    • To run the job now, click Run Now

    • To schedule a job to run later, in the Properties pane, under Frequency, click Schedule