Restoring VM from Backup While Original VM Still Exists
Backup/restore can be used to recover failed/corrupted VMs, make VM copies for testing purposes, and more.
After restoring, the original VM may continue to exist – in which case JetStream DR continues protection of the original VM and will not start protection for the new one automatically.
A restored VM will already have the JetStream DR IOFilter attached because restored backups retain the original storage policy.
Certain snapshot and vMotion operations, or an attempt to start protection of such VMs may fail because the JetStream DR IOFilter is already attached.
If protection of the restored VM is necessary, change the storage policy to an appropriate non-JetStream DR one using vCenter then start protection. Refer to the VMware KB article: Change Storage Policy Assignment for Virtual Machine Files and Disks Change Storage Policy Assignment for Virtual Machine Files and Disks.
If a restored VM will be used for testing purposes and does not need to be protected, it can be used as-is without removing the IOFilter.