When the MSA is available and the desired Protected Domain has been selected, begin the restore process:

    1. Go to the recovery site.
    2. On the Protected Domains screen, select the Domain, open the More menu, then click the Restore option.

Figure 162: 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 163: Review details of the imported domain.

Step: 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.

Figure 164: 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
        • Power Off VMs during restoration
        • Specify a VM storage policy
      • Click the Next button.

Figure 165: 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.
        • This is not necessary if DHCP is used.
      • Click the Next button.

Figure 166: Configure a recovery virtual appliance (RocVA).

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

Step: 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.

Figure 167: 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 168: 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 169: The restore process has begun.


    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 170: The restore process is complete.