Once the MSA is available at the primary site and the desired protected domain has been selected, begin the restore process.

  • With the desired protected domain selected, open the More menu and click the Restore option.

  • Follow the guided steps of the pop-up dialog window to configure and initiate the restore process:

1. General

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

2(a). Restore Settings

    • Make selections from the drop-down menus to specify recovery settings of the primary site, including: datacenter, cluster, resource pool, and datastore. 
    • Click the Next button.

2(b). VM Settings

    • Map a Recovery VM Network to the Protected VM Network.
    • Under the Other Settings section select options to retain VM MAC addresses, to power off VMs during restoration, and specify a VM storage policy.
    • Click the Next button.

3. 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.
      • This is not necessary if DHCP is used.
    • Click the Next button.

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


4. DR Settings

    • Select the DRVA and replication log storage of the primary site from the drop-down menus.
    • Specify sizes for the replication log and metadata.
    • Click the Next button.

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


5. 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.

  • 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.

  • When the restore process is complete the VMs of the protected domain will be fully operational and their status will be “recoverable” again and they will continue to be protected.