Initiate a restore from the instant access feature of DP Series Appliance as follows:
- Log in to Data Protection Central and go to Avamar Restore.
Figure 23. Appliance Configuration Manager—Avamar restore option
- From the Domain menu, select the Hypervisor Manager.
- Select the service under clients to perform the instant restore.
Figure 24. Option to initiate restore from Avamar UI
- Click RESTORE to initiate the restore process and select the restore options.
- Backup List: This is the list of backups performed and saved on the protection storage.
- Content: The content is the list of hard disks (VMDK). You can toggle if you need to perform file-level restore. Select the Hard Disk (VMDK) to perform a restore.
- Basic Config: Select the Instant Access option from the Destination drop-down menu.
Figure 25. Avamar restore options for service backup
- Under Advanced Config:
- vCenter: Select the target Hypervisor Manager from the drop-down menu.
- VM Name: Provide a new name to the VM.
- Location: Select the datacenter of the Hypervisor Manager as the location where the service is restored, and then select the Hypervisor.
- Resource Pool: Select the required resource pool.
- Summary: Verify if the summary is correct.
- Click FINISH.
- Go to Monitor > Activity to view the restore progress.