# Restore Entire VM via vCD's portal

## <mark style="color:green;">**Overview**</mark> <a href="#overview" id="overview"></a>

With the option of Entire recovery, you can restore an entire VM from a backup file to the latest state or to a previous point in time if the original VM fails. Entire VM restore enables full disk I/O performance.

## <mark style="color:green;">**Requirement**</mark>

* Check your available resources.
* Create a new vApp to restore the VM if you want to restore it to a new location.
* Add the original VM network to the new vApp.

## <mark style="color:green;">**Procedure**</mark>

* Choose the VM and point that needs to be restored with Entire Recovery.
* Select Restore mode.
* Verify status restore.

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#### Step 1. From the main menu vCD Portal, select More -> Data Protection with Veeam <a href="#step-1.-from-the-main-menu-vcd-portal-select-more-greater-than-data-protection-with-veeam" id="step-1.-from-the-main-menu-vcd-portal-select-more-greater-than-data-protection-with-veeam"></a>

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Step 2. Select tab VMs

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#### Step 3. Select VM need to restore --> Entire Recovery <a href="#step-3.-select-vm-need-to-restore-greater-than-entire-recovery" id="step-3.-select-vm-need-to-restore-greater-than-entire-recovery"></a>

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#### Step 4. On Restore Point <a href="#step-4.-on-restore-point" id="step-4.-on-restore-point"></a>

Select backup date want to restore --> **Next**

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#### Step 5. On Restore mode

There are 2 modes:

**Mode 01- Restore to the original location:** Quickly restore the selected VM to its original location with the original name and settings. This option minimizes the chance of user input error.

* The restore **VM will override the original VM.**
* **The original VM will be shut down and deleted when the storage is successful.**

***>> Please follow\*\*\*\*&#x20;**<mark style="color:red;">**step 5.1**</mark>*

**Mode 02 - Restore to a new location or with different settings: Customize the restored VM location and change its settings.** The wizard will automatically populate all controls with the original VM settings as the defaults.

* This mode will increase your resources, so please check your available resource and contact HI GIO-Sales if you want to add more resources to restore the VM.
* You need to create a new vApp to restore the VM.

***>> Please follow\*\*\*\*&#x20;**<mark style="color:red;">**step 5.2**</mark>*

#### Step 5.1. Restore to the original location <a href="#step-5.1.-restore-to-the-original-location" id="step-5.1.-restore-to-the-original-location"></a>

**5.1.1 Select Next**

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**5.1.2 On Summary**

Verify VM restore information → select Power on VM automatically → Finish

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#### Step 5.2 Restore to a new location, or with different settings <a href="#step-5.2-restore-to-a-new-location-or-with-different-settings" id="step-5.2-restore-to-a-new-location-or-with-different-settings"></a>

**5.2.1 Select Next**

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**5.2.2 On Destination**

\*\*\* Specify vApp to restore the virtual machine to, and type in the restored VM's name.

Click Choose

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Select vApp has been created before

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Change VM name → **Next**

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**5.2.3 On Network**

Keep default or choose network already added on vApp → Select **Next**

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**5.2.4 On Datastore**

Keep default or choose Policy already on your resource → Select **Next**

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**5.2.5 On Summary**

Verify VM restore information → select Power on VM automatically → **Finish**

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#### Step 6. Verify Status VM restore <a href="#step-6.-verify-status-vm-restore" id="step-6.-verify-status-vm-restore"></a>

Select tab VMs → History to check the status of VM restore

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Restore VM successfully

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### In a some case after restore the linux VM (RHEL, CentOS, Ubuntu..) the machine will boot up without the local network interface. <a href="#in-a-some-case-after-restore-the-linux-vm-rhel-centos-ubuntu..-the-machine-will-boot-up-without-the" id="in-a-some-case-after-restore-the-linux-vm-rhel-centos-ubuntu..-the-machine-will-boot-up-without-the"></a>

**You'll get the message like this:** `"Bringing up interface eth0: Device eth0 has different MAC address than expected, ignoring."`

The reason for this is VM has been assigned an ethernet adapter with a different MAC address than what the source VM was using.

**Resolve:** Get MAC address that VM has assigned and update it to interface
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<figure><img src="/files/cROp8qx7gnucGYZHBneL" alt=""><figcaption><p>Get MAC address from portal</p></figcaption></figure>

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