{"id":20595,"date":"2017-05-02T09:00:59","date_gmt":"2017-05-02T07:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/?p=20595\/"},"modified":"2020-03-15T18:19:25","modified_gmt":"2020-03-15T17:19:25","slug":"vembu-vmbackup-3-7-backup-restore-pt-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/vembu-vmbackup-3-7-backup-restore-pt-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Vembu VMBackup 3.7 backup and restore - pt.2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-20627 size-full\" title=\"vembubdr37backuprestore01\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/vembubdr37backuprestore01.jpg\" alt=\"vembubdr37backuprestore01\" width=\"602\" height=\"202\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After installing the application, Vembu VMBackup has to be configured accordingly in order to protect the VMs in your network.<\/p>\n<p>A good configuration of the Backup and Restore jobs allows to <strong>minimize data loss<\/strong>\u00a0assuring the <strong>business continuity<\/strong>\u00a0and reducing the service downtime.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Blog series<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/vembu-bdr-suite-3-7-installation-pt-1\/\">Vembu BDR Suite\u00a03.7 overview and setup\u00a0- pt.1<\/a><br \/>\nVembu VMBackup 3.7 backup and restore\u00a0- pt.2<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/vembu-vmbackup-3-7-replication-offsite-copy-pt-3\/\">Vembu VMBackup 3.7 replication and offsite copy - pt.3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Backup VMware VMs<\/h2>\n<p>To obtain best performance, you should assign <strong>one vCPU or core<\/strong>\u00a0to handle around <strong>eight concurrent<\/strong> backup jobs. Vembu recommends\u00a0to assign <strong>minimum of four cores\/vCPUs<\/strong> for hassle free usage. Since backup performance depends also on <strong>storage IOPS<\/strong>, higher IOPS\u00a0will improve the overall performance.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">On storage targets, Vembu uses a proprietary <strong>filesystem VembuHIVE<\/strong>\u00a0which works on top of any existing file system and provides the following features:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"fontstyle0\">Compression<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"fontstyle0\">Encryption (AES 256 Bit encryption algorithm)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"fontstyle0\">Deduplication (Block level deduplication applied in each backup job)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"fontstyle0\">Version controlling (Advanced forward &amp; reverse incremental)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The backup mode is <strong>forever-incremental<\/strong> then you have a full backup the first time you run the backup job and next backups will be incremental.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-20636 size-full\" title=\"vembubdr37backuprestore02\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/vembubdr37backuprestore02.jpg\" alt=\"vembubdr37backuprestore02\" width=\"600\" height=\"130\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Add hosts to Vembu<\/h4>\n<p>To backup VMware VMs, you need to specify the ESXi\/vCenter that manages the VM to backup. From the Dashboard menu select <strong>Backup &gt; VMware vSphere<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-20637 size-full\" title=\"vembubdr37backuprestore03\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/vembubdr37backuprestore03.jpg\" alt=\"vembubdr37backuprestore03\" width=\"492\" height=\"358\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On the left side, click <strong>Add VMware vSphere Server<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-20638 size-full\" title=\"vembubdr37backuprestore04\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/vembubdr37backuprestore04.jpg\" alt=\"vembubdr37backuprestore04\" width=\"591\" height=\"326\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Enter the\u00a0ESXi or vCenter Server name and specify the credentials to use. Click <strong>Save<\/strong>\u00a0to save the configuration.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-20639 size-full\" title=\"vembubdr37backuprestore05\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/vembubdr37backuprestore05.jpg\" alt=\"vembubdr37backuprestore05\" width=\"580\" height=\"427\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The vCenter Server\u00a0has been added successfully.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-20640 size-large\" title=\"vembubdr37backuprestore06\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/vembubdr37backuprestore06-600x211.jpg\" alt=\"vembubdr37backuprestore06\" width=\"600\" height=\"211\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Configure a backup job<\/h4>\n<p>Access the\u00a0<strong>Backup &gt; VMware vSphere<\/strong>\u00a0section and click <strong>Backup<\/strong> in the configured vCenter Server.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-20641 size-large\" title=\"vembubdr37backuprestore07\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/vembubdr37backuprestore07-600x244.jpg\" alt=\"vembubdr37backuprestore07\" width=\"600\" height=\"244\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Clusters and ESXi hosts managed by the specified\u00a0vCenter Server are displayed. Select the VMs to backup and click <strong>Next<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-20642 size-large\" title=\"vembubdr37backuprestore08\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/vembubdr37backuprestore08-600x342.jpg\" alt=\"vembubdr37backuprestore08\" width=\"600\" height=\"342\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Specify when the backup has to be executed. Since it\u00a0<span class=\"fontstyle0\">is not a recommended practice<\/span>\u00a0to have one full backup and forever incremental only, the\u00a0<strong>Additional Full Backups<\/strong> option allows to configure full backups every once in a while and run incremental backups in between.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-20643 size-large\" title=\"vembubdr37backuprestore09\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/vembubdr37backuprestore09-600x420.jpg\" alt=\"vembubdr37backuprestore09\" width=\"600\" height=\"420\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Specify the <strong>Retention Policies<\/strong>, that is how many recovery points the system retains prior purging the older incremental backups. Click <strong>Next<\/strong>\u00a0to continue.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-20644 size-large\" title=\"vembubdr37backuprestore10\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/vembubdr37backuprestore10-600x341.jpg\" alt=\"vembubdr37backuprestore10\" width=\"600\" height=\"341\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Enable <strong>Application Aware Process<\/strong> option to create consistent backups if you are backing up VMs like DCs, Exchange, MS-SQL or SharePoint servers. If enabled, you need to specify the <strong>VMware Guest Credentials<\/strong> in order to\u00a0perform application-aware image processing. Latest\u00a0<span class=\"fontstyle0\">VMware Tools<\/span>\u00a0are required. Click <strong>Next<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-20645 size-large\" title=\"vembubdr37backuprestore11\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/vembubdr37backuprestore11-600x394.jpg\" alt=\"vembubdr37backuprestore11\" width=\"600\" height=\"394\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Enter The Job Name<\/strong> and click <strong>Next<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-20656 size-large\" title=\"vembubdr37backuprestore12\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/vembubdr37backuprestore12-600x343.jpg\" alt=\"vembubdr37backuprestore12\" width=\"600\" height=\"343\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Click <strong>OK<\/strong> to confirm.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-20657 size-large\" title=\"vembubdr37backuprestore13\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/vembubdr37backuprestore13-600x117.jpg\" alt=\"vembubdr37backuprestore13\" width=\"600\" height=\"117\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Click on the <strong>rocket icon<\/strong> to start the backup immediately.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-20658 size-large\" title=\"vembubdr37backuprestore14\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/vembubdr37backuprestore14-600x154.jpg\" alt=\"vembubdr37backuprestore14\" width=\"600\" height=\"154\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Click <strong>Yes<\/strong> to confirm.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-20659 size-large\" title=\"vembubdr37backuprestore15\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/vembubdr37backuprestore15-600x167.jpg\" alt=\"vembubdr37backuprestore15\" width=\"600\" height=\"167\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When the backup job starts, click on the <strong>green triangle<\/strong> to display the backup progress details.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-20660 size-large\" title=\"vembubdr37backuprestore16\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/vembubdr37backuprestore16-600x459.jpg\" alt=\"vembubdr37backuprestore16\" width=\"600\" height=\"459\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When the backup job has been completed, select <strong>Reports &gt; Backup Status Report<\/strong> from the menu to access\u00a0the backup info.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-20661 size-large\" title=\"vembubdr37backuprestore17\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/vembubdr37backuprestore17-600x203.jpg\" alt=\"vembubdr37backuprestore17\" width=\"600\" height=\"203\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Select the executed backup to display the backup <strong>Status<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-20662 size-large\" title=\"vembubdr37backuprestore18\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/vembubdr37backuprestore18-600x288.jpg\" alt=\"vembubdr37backuprestore18\" width=\"600\" height=\"288\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Restore the VMware VMs<\/h2>\n<p>Vembu offers five options\u00a0to recover\u00a0VMs:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Quick VM Recovery<\/li>\n<li>Live Recovery to ESX(i) server<\/li>\n<li>File Level Recovery<\/li>\n<li>Disk Level Recovery<\/li>\n<li>Download<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Quick VM Recovery<\/h4>\n<p>Quick VM Recovery allows the administrators to boot the VM <strong>directly from the backup repository<\/strong> with a minimal downtime making VMs instantly\u00a0available.<\/p>\n<p>From the Dashboard select <strong>Recovery<\/strong>\u00a0item from main menu.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-20737 size-large\" title=\"vembubdr37backuprestore19\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/vembubdr37backuprestore19-600x204.jpg\" alt=\"vembubdr37backuprestore19\" width=\"600\" height=\"204\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Click the <strong>Restore icon<\/strong> in the Backup job with the VM to recover.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-20738 size-large\" title=\"vembubdr37backuprestore20\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/vembubdr37backuprestore20-600x211.jpg\" alt=\"vembubdr37backuprestore20\" width=\"600\" height=\"211\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Choose <strong>Quick VM Recovery<\/strong>\u00a0as restore type and click <strong>Next<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-20739 size-large\" title=\"vembubdr37backuprestore21\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/vembubdr37backuprestore21-600x352.jpg\" alt=\"vembubdr37backuprestore21\" width=\"600\" height=\"352\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Select the <strong>restore version<\/strong> to use and the <strong>VM to recover<\/strong> then click <strong>Next<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-20740 size-large\" title=\"vembubdr37backuprestore22\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/vembubdr37backuprestore22-600x341.jpg\" alt=\"vembubdr37backuprestore22\" width=\"600\" height=\"341\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">Quick VM recovery gives three\u00a0choices of instant boot software:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>VMware<\/strong> - available in both Windows and Linux servers as an alternate software for\u00a0instant boot<\/li>\n<li><strong>Hyper-V<\/strong> - default chosen software for Windows and available only on Windows servers<\/li>\n<li><strong>KVM<\/strong> - default chosen software for Linux and available only on Linux servers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Choose the\u00a0platform to use (i.e. VMware) from the drop down menu. Click <strong>Next<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-20741 size-large\" title=\"vembubdr37backuprestore23\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/vembubdr37backuprestore23-600x341.jpg\" alt=\"vembubdr37backuprestore23\" width=\"600\" height=\"341\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Specify the target to recover the VM and click <strong>Next<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-20742 size-large\" title=\"vembubdr37backuprestore24\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/vembubdr37backuprestore24-600x269.jpg\" alt=\"vembubdr37backuprestore24\" width=\"600\" height=\"269\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After reviewing the parameters, click <strong>Restore now<\/strong> to proceed with Instant Booting the VM.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-20743 size-large\" title=\"vembubdr37backuprestore25\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/vembubdr37backuprestore25-600x344.jpg\" alt=\"vembubdr37backuprestore25\" width=\"600\" height=\"344\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Click <strong>OK<\/strong> to confirm.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-20744 size-large\" title=\"vembubdr37backuprestore26\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/vembubdr37backuprestore26-600x117.jpg\" alt=\"vembubdr37backuprestore26\" width=\"600\" height=\"117\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Click the <strong>green triangle icon<\/strong> to check the restore progress.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-20745 size-large\" title=\"vembubdr37backuprestore27\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/vembubdr37backuprestore27-600x410.jpg\" alt=\"vembubdr37backuprestore27\" width=\"600\" height=\"410\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The VM has been restored successfully.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-20746 size-full\" title=\"vembubdr37backuprestore28\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/vembubdr37backuprestore28.jpg\" alt=\"vembubdr37backuprestore28\" width=\"452\" height=\"380\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In VMware vSphere Web Client you can see the recovered VM up and running in the specified ESXi host.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-20747 size-full\" title=\"vembubdr37backuprestore29\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/vembubdr37backuprestore29.jpg\" alt=\"vembubdr37backuprestore29\" width=\"515\" height=\"378\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle2\">Once done with requirement, shutdown and turn off VM before unmounting\u00a0backup data. This will resume backup job, so that incrementals will run as per\u00a0schedule.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Live Recovery to ESX(i) server<\/h4>\n<p>Select <strong>Live Recovery to ESX(i) server<\/strong> option to restore VMs to vSphere environment and click <strong>Next<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-20749 size-large\" title=\"vembubdr37backuprestore30\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/vembubdr37backuprestore30-600x352.jpg\" alt=\"vembubdr37backuprestore30\" width=\"600\" height=\"352\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Select the <strong>restore version<\/strong> to use and the <strong>VMs to recover<\/strong> then click <strong>Next<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-20750 size-large\" title=\"vembubdr37backuprestore31\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/vembubdr37backuprestore31-600x341.jpg\" alt=\"vembubdr37backuprestore31\" width=\"600\" height=\"341\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Specify <strong>Target\u00a0Server<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Datastore<\/strong> and <strong>VM Name<\/strong> then click <strong>Next<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-20751 size-large\" title=\"vembubdr37backuprestore32\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/vembubdr37backuprestore32-600x341.jpg\" alt=\"vembubdr37backuprestore32\" width=\"600\" height=\"341\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After reviewing the parameters, click <strong>Restore now<\/strong> to proceed with the restore of\u00a0the selected VM.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-20752 size-large\" title=\"vembubdr37backuprestore33\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/vembubdr37backuprestore33-600x343.jpg\" alt=\"vembubdr37backuprestore33\" width=\"600\" height=\"343\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Click <strong>OK<\/strong> to confirm.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-20753 size-large\" title=\"vembubdr37backuprestore34\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/vembubdr37backuprestore34-600x117.jpg\" alt=\"vembubdr37backuprestore34\" width=\"600\" height=\"117\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Click the <strong>green triangle icon<\/strong> to check the restore progress.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-20756 size-large\" title=\"vembubdr37backuprestore35\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/vembubdr37backuprestore35-600x425.jpg\" alt=\"vembubdr37backuprestore35\" width=\"600\" height=\"425\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The VM has been restored in the specified ESXi host.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-20758 size-large\" title=\"vembubdr37backuprestore36\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/vembubdr37backuprestore36-600x354.jpg\" alt=\"vembubdr37backuprestore36\" width=\"600\" height=\"354\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Instant File Recovery<\/h4>\n<p>Instant File Recovery allows to <strong>attach backup data<\/strong> to disk management as a VHD\/VHDX file and proceed with file level restore.\u00a0The VHD\/VHDX file is created by virtual mounting backup data.<\/p>\n<p>As restore type, select <strong>File Level Recovery<\/strong> option and click <strong>Next<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-20759 size-large\" title=\"vembubdr37backuprestore37\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/vembubdr37backuprestore37-600x352.jpg\" alt=\"vembubdr37backuprestore37\" width=\"600\" height=\"352\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Specify <strong>Restore Version<\/strong>, <strong>Restore Options<\/strong> then click <strong>Restore Now<\/strong>. Users can access backup data via disks attached on disk management.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-20760 size-large\" title=\"vembubdr37backuprestore38\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/vembubdr37backuprestore38-600x475.jpg\" alt=\"vembubdr37backuprestore38\" width=\"600\" height=\"475\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Disk Level Recovery<\/h4>\n<p>Users can <strong>restore specific disk<\/strong> from existing VM backup to a target virtual\u00a0machine.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-20761 size-large\" title=\"vembubdr37backuprestore39\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/vembubdr37backuprestore39-600x352.jpg\" alt=\"vembubdr37backuprestore39\" width=\"600\" height=\"352\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Specify <strong>Restore Version<\/strong>, <strong>Restore Options<\/strong> then click <strong>Restore Now<\/strong>.\u00a0 <span class=\"fontstyle0\">While performing Disk Level restore, target VM will be turned off.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The recovered disk can be attached and accessed by the <strong>target VM<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-20833 size-large\" title=\"vembubdr37backuprestore40\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/vembubdr37backuprestore40-600x448.jpg\" alt=\"vembubdr37backuprestore40\" width=\"600\" height=\"448\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Download<\/h4>\n<p>Download option allows users to <strong>download backup data<\/strong> as an offsite copy of their\u00a0preferred file format.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-20763 size-large\" title=\"vembubdr37backuprestore41\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/vembubdr37backuprestore41-600x352.jpg\" alt=\"vembubdr37backuprestore41\" width=\"600\" height=\"352\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After specifying the\u00a0<strong>Restore Version<\/strong>, enter the\u00a0path in the\u00a0<strong>Restore to<\/strong> field and specify the <strong>Virtual Disk Format<\/strong>. Click <strong>Next<\/strong>\u00a0to continue.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-20764 size-large\" title=\"vembubdr37backuprestore42\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/vembubdr37backuprestore42-600x290.jpg\" alt=\"vembubdr37backuprestore42\" width=\"600\" height=\"290\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Click <strong>Restore Now<\/strong>\u00a0to restore the selected virtual disk.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-20765 size-full\" title=\"vembubdr37backuprestore43\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/vembubdr37backuprestore43.jpg\" alt=\"vembubdr37backuprestore43\" width=\"495\" height=\"439\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Once the backup and restore configuration has been completed, <strong>additional features<\/strong> are available in Vembu to provide a better protection for your environment.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/vembu-vmbackup-3-7-replication-offsite-copy-pt-3\/\">Part 3<\/a> will cover <strong>Replication<\/strong>\u00a0and <strong>Offsite Copy<\/strong> configuration.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"signature\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/firma.jpg\" alt=\"signature\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After installing the application, Vembu VMBackup has to be configured accordingly in order to protect the VMs in your network. 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