After the Protected Domain has been imported, begin the restore process:

    1. On the Protected Domains screen, select the Domain then open the More menu and click the Restore option.

Figure 167: Select the Restore option.

    1. Follow the guided steps of the pop-up dialog window.

Step: General

      • Review information about the imported Domain to be restored.
      • If the information is correct, click the Next button.

Figure 168: Review details of the imported Domain.

Note: If point-in-time recovery is enabled for the Domain, values for the time window and estimated PITR data rate can be adjusted here. It is not possible to enable/disable PITR from this screen (this can only be done during initial configuration of the Protected Domain) but its operating parameters can be fine-tuned at this stage, if necessary.


Step: Restore Settings

      • Make selections from the drop-down menus to specify recovery settings for the remote site, including: Datacenter, Cluster, Resource Pool, VM Folder, and Datastore.
      • Click the Next button.

Figure 169: Configure restore settings.

Step: VM Settings

      • Map a Recovery VM Network to the Protected VM Network.
      • Under the Other Settings section select options to:
        • Retain VM MAC addresses
        • Retain UUID and Instance UUID
        • Keep restored VMs in powered off state
        • Select a VM Storage Policy
      • Click the Next button.

Figure 170: Configure VM settings.

Step: Recovery VA

      • Specify network settings for the Management Network, Host (IOFilter)/RocVA to DRVA Network, and Recovery Network to Object Store.
        • DHCP will be used by default.
        • Static IP addresses can be manually assigned by de-selecting the Apply same network settings to all checkbox then selecting a network's Static IP checkbox and clicking its Configure button.
          • A mix of static and dynamic IP addresses can be used.
      • Specify a default Gateway Network.
      • Click the Next button.

Figure 171: Configure a recovery virtual appliance (RocVA).

Note: Learn more about Recovery Virtual Appliances (RocVA).


Step: DR Settings

      • Select the DRVA and Replication Log Storage from the drop-down menus.
      • Specify a Replication Log Size. (Note: Metatdata Size is not directly editable. It is derived from the Total estimated data size to be protected specified when the Protected Domain was configured – it can also be adjusted from the General step, above.)
      • Click the Next button.

Figure 172: Specify DRVA and replication log details.

Note: The replication log and metadata will be allocated from the selected replication log storage.


Step: Summary

      • Review all entered settings on the Summary step. 
      • Use the Back button to modify any settings that need to be changed.
      • Click the Restore button to begin the restore process.

Figure 173: Review settings then start the restore process.

    1. The restore process will begin and the mode of the Protected Domain will change to “Recovery in Progress.”
      • Details of each task step can be viewed by clicking the blue "info" icon of the Current Step section.

Figure 174: The restore process has begun.

Figure 175: Details of current step.

    1. When the task is complete the restored VMs from the Domain will be fully operational and their status will be “recoverable” and they will continue to be protected.

Figure 176: The recovery process is complete.

Figure 177: The restored Domain is functional and protected.