After the desired Protected Domain has been selected, begin the restore process:

    1. On the Protected Domains screen, make sure the correct Domain is selected then open the More menu and click the Restore option.

Figure 180: Select the Restore option.

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

Step: General

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

Figure 181: Review details of the imported Domain.

Step: Restore Settings

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

Note: If VMs that will be restored are still visible in vCenter, create a new VM Folder to ensure the restored VMs are recovered in a unique location to prevent name conflict errors. A VM cannot be restored to a location if another VM already uses the same name. Recovering into a VM Folder ensures restored VMs will be kept separate from the original instances they are replacing.

      • Click the Next button.

Figure 182: 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 183: 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 184: 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 185: 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 186: 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 187: 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 188: The restore process is complete.

    1. The original (damaged) VMs that have been restored can now be cleaned up, as necessary.
    2. The DRVA that protected the original VMs can also be removed.

Important: Remove (unconfigure) the DRVA using the JetStream DR UI only. Do not directly delete the DRVA through the vCenter UI.

      • Go to the Appliances screen.
      • Select the DRVA to remove.
      • Click the Unconfigure button.

Figure 189: Unconfiguring the original DRVA that is no longer necessary.