Restores

On this page, you can find an explanation of what is the Restore in the Cloud Console, how to recover backed-up Virtual Machines and instructions for other steps to manage Restores in the Cloud Console.

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Please be aware that Backup and Restore features in the Cloud Console is currently in beta. This means it has not been fully tested across all use cases but aims to provide a user-friendly way to restore your VMs from backups. If you’re willing to accept the associated risks of using a beta service, you’re welcome to proceed. Rest assured, customer support is readily available for any questions or issues you may encounter.

Introduction

Restore in the Cloud Console is the procedure used to recover backed-up Virtual Machines (VMs) from a saved backup. This process allows you to bring VMs back to their original state using the available backup data.

Restored VMs will keep their original settings, but you can change their name and flavor during the restore process.

So, to initiate a Restore, you first need to have an available Backup. More information about backups can be found here - Backups.

Restores page

To get to the Restores page do the following:

  1. Open the Backup Workloads page - select the Backups from the VIRTUAL DATACENTER block in the side-bar menu:

  2. Navigate to the Workload details page by clicking on the desired workload name:

  3. Select CREATED BACKUPS TAB on the opened Workload details page:

  4. Navigate to the Backup details page by clicking on the desired backup name:

  5. Select RESTORES TAB on the opened Backup details page:

On this page you can find all records of the restore operation initiated from the current Backup, with the Restore VM button, Search bar and Actions icon, which opens a list of available management actions for the selected Restore:

Actions icon opens the next list of available management actions:

  • Cancel restore - this option is used to stop ongoing restore;
  • Delete restore - this option is used for the restore removing.

Initiate Restore

Restore can only be initiated if current Backup and Workload are in available states.

Restored VMs will keep their original settings, but you can change their name and flavor during the restore process.

To restore VMs from Backup, do the following:

  • open the Restores TAB or Backuped VMs TAB on the Backup details page and click on the RESTORE VM icon in the upper left corner;
  • fill in the form on the next opened Restore from Backup window:
    • Restore name - assign a name to the Restore record;
    • Select instances to restore - if the backup includes multiple VMs, select which ones you want to restore:
      • New instance name - assign a new name for the restored VM. If this field is left empty, the VM will be restored with its original name.
      • New instance flavor - select a new flavor for the restored VM. If this field is left empty, the VM will be restored with its original flavor.

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After these steps, the newly created Restore record will be added to the Restores TAB and you can navigate to the Virtual Machines page to see that the restored VM is being created and will be in ACTIVE status in a few minutes:

The restore process will bring back all selected VMs to the same state as when they were backed up. They will:

  • be created in the same project;
  • connect to the same network;
  • have the same image and flavor;
  • use the same key pair.
    However, you can assign a new name and flavor to the restored VMs during the process.

Restore can also be initiated from the CREATED BACKUPS TAB on the Workload details page by clicking on the Actions icon of the appropriate Backup and selecting the Restore from backup action there:

Cancel Restore

To cancel the ongoing Restore, do the following:

  • identify Restore, that you want to cancel, on the Restores TAB of the Backup details page;
  • click on the Actions icon and select the Cancel restore in the list of available options;
  • confirm your action on the next opened Confirmation window.

After these steps, the selected Restore will be canceled.

Delete Restore

Deleting a Restore will only remove the record of the restore operation. The restored VMs will not be affected or deleted.

To delete the Restore, do the following:

  • identify this unnecessary Restore on the Restore TAB of the Backup details page;
  • click on the Actions icon and select the Delete restore in the list of available options;
  • confirm the Restore deletion on the next opened Confirmation window.

After these steps, the selected Restore will be deleted.