Veeam’s Instant Disk Recovery can restore individual virtual machine disks rapidly, addressing data loss scenarios without needing to recover an entire VM, a vital benefit for organizations that rely heavily on virtualized environments.
Veeam Instant Disk Recovery allows administrators to restore a specific VM disk to its original or a different location on a hypervisor. This feature is especially useful when only certain parts of the VM, such as the system disk or data disk, are affected. Unlike full VM restores, which can be time-intensive, disk recovery focuses on restoring the specific volumes that are damaged or missing, improving recovery speed and efficiency.
1. Open the Veeam Backup & Replication console, click Instant Disk Recovery. Alternatively, right-click a VM whose disks you want to restore and select Instant disk recovery.
2. Choose the virtual machine you want to restore.
3. Specify the Restore Point from which you want to recover VM disks.
4. In the Mount Mode step, select VM disk to register virtual disks on a VM added to an ESXi host.
To register virtual disks as First Class Disks (FCD) on a cluster, select First Class Disk (FCD). This triggers Instant FCD Recovery, as described in the Performing Instant First Class Disk (FCD) Recovery section.
Note: This step is unavailable if restoring VMware vSphere VM disks from a storage snapshot.
5. In the Disk Mapping step, select the virtual disks to restore and choose a VM to attach them to.
By default, Veeam Backup & Replication maps disks to the original VM. If the original VM was moved or you prefer another VM, select a different target VM.
Note: Do not use the backup server or a VM where the vPower NFS Service is installed as a target VM.
6. Choose whether to try Veeam Backup & Replication to scan the machine data using antivirus software and YARA rules before restoring the machine to a production environment.
Note: This step is available if you restore a disk from a Microsoft Windows VM. However, this step is not available if you restore the disks from a storage snapshot.
7. At the Reason wizard, enter a reason for restoring VM disks.
8. Next to Summary wizard, check the settings for Instant Disk Recovery and then click Finish.
After successfully recovering the disks, you must decide whether to migrate the disks to the production environment or stop publishing them.
AOMEI Cyber Backup offers a cost-effective and powerful virtual machine recovery solution for free and fast recovery of VMware ESXi environments. The software combines high-performance recovery capabilities with a user-friendly interface that even smaller organizations can use.
Its core features include instant recovery, automated backups, and an agentless architecture that delivers powerful functionality without costly license fees.
Why you choose AOMEI Cyber Backup for Instant VM Recovery ?
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🔥Instant VM Recovery: Quickly run a VM directly from its backup, enabling businesses to maintain operations while the backup is still being processed. |
💡Scheduled Backups: Automate backups to run at set intervals, ensuring that your latest data is always protected and available for recovery if needed. |
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🔔Agentless VM Backup: Supporting VMware ESXi without the need for additional software on individual machines. This reduces resource usage and simplifies maintenance. |
✍Incremental Backups: Only changes made since the last backup are saved, which saves storage space and speeds up the backup process. |
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✨Intuitive User Interface: Clear interface makes it accessible even to users with limited technical experience, allowing them to set up and manage VM backups and recoveries effectively. |
🎊Role-Based Management: Assign other team members as Viewer, Monitor, Backup Operator, Restore Operator with different permissions to team-up efficiently and safely. |
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* The instant recovery feature is applicable to backup points of ESXi virtual machines. AOMEI Cyber Backup must be installed on Windows Server 2012 or higher versions of the operating system. * The backup points of the virtual machine must be stored on the local disk.
Step 1. Create VMware ESXi VMs Backup and then start VM instant recovery.
Step 2. Create New Instant Restore as following:
✐ Click "Task" > "Instant Recovery" > "New Instant Recovery". Here we take "Restore from task" for an example.
✐ Select Source and choose the virtual machine and backup version.
✐ Select the device to be restored to in "Restore to". Choose the target device.
✐ Set the hardware settings for the new virtual machine, such as CPU quantity, CPU Cores and memory size.
✐ Enter a name for the new virtual machine.
✐ Click "Start Restore" to start the instant restore.
After creating vm instant recovery, start the migration process timely by selecting “Migrate Virtual Machine” from the task menu or details page to resume normal business operation.
Veeam Instant Disk Recovery is an essential feature that offers fast, selective disk restoration, helping organizations minimize downtime and maintain business continuity. By focusing recovery efforts on specific VM disks, Veeam’s solution saves time and resources, making it an ideal choice for virtualized environments where every minute counts.
For organizations needing a dependable, efficient way to restore data without affecting entire VMs, AOMEI Cyber Backup also provides a robust and user-friendly solution.