vSphere environment restore scenario

This scenario demonstrates how to restore VMs with the vmcli -f restore command.

The VMs can also be restored with the following user interfaces:

Data Protection for VMware vSphere GUI: Information about how to complete restore tasks with the Data Protection for VMware vSphere GUI is provided in the online help that is installed with the GUI. Click Learn More in any of the GUI windows to open the online help for task assistance.
IBM Storage Protect backup-archive client GUI: Information about how to complete restore tasks with the backup-archive client GUI is provided in the online help that is installed with the GUI. Click Help in any of the GUI windows to open the online help for task assistance.
IBM Storage Protect backup-archive client command-line interface: Information about how to complete restore tasks with the dsmc Restore VM command is provided in the command-line help that is installed with the product (dsmc help restore vm). Information is also available at Restore VM.

This scenario completes an instant restore of vmName6 to a new VM, data center, ESX host, and data store. During the restore process, the disk is created with thin provisioning.

The following vmcli -f restore command is issued:

vmcli -f restore -vmrestoretype instantrestore -I vmlistfile

The vmpplistfile contains this statement:

backupid:678912345 vmname:vmName6::vmname:vm6newName
newdatacentername:DataCenter2 newesxhostname:esxHost1Name
newdatastoreurl:datastore2 vmtempdatastore:datastore2temp
vmdiskprovision:thin