{"id":10367,"date":"2021-05-18T07:23:06","date_gmt":"2021-05-17T21:23:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/?p=10367"},"modified":"2021-05-18T07:23:09","modified_gmt":"2021-05-17T21:23:09","slug":"basics-powerprotect-data-manager-vsphere-plugin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/2021\/05\/18\/basics-powerprotect-data-manager-vsphere-plugin\/","title":{"rendered":"Basics \u2013 PowerProtect Data Manager vSphere Plugin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Have you seen <em>Good Omens<\/em>? I haven&#8217;t read the book but watched the TV series last year, and there was a character in it I sometimes relate to. He was someone who loved computers, but his mere presence seemed to break them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sometimes, I definitely feel like him. I sat down on Sunday morning to do a screen recording demo of using the PowerProtect Data Manager plugin for vSphere, but as I was about to get started, I had another reminder from SoftRAID that v6.0.4 was out and I should update to it. &#8220;It&#8217;ll only take a few minutes&#8221;, I noted to myself (famous last words), and told it to go ahead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More than five hours later, I finally had my desktop back in usable order but only after booting into recovery mode and restoring the system drive from a snapshot taken yesterday. (Hey, trust me, I <em>appreciate<\/em> snapshots.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>(A side note here to Apple: telling me the times\/dates of a bunch of snapshots in GMT-7 when I&#8217;m in GMT+10 is inferior UX design. Surprise, surprise, GMT-7 is US Pacific Daylight Time. That&#8217;s handy when I live in Melbourne, Australia.)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By the time all that was sorted, I&#8217;d lost my mojo for recording videos. If I&#8217;d have tried to do a recording, I&#8217;d have come across pretty cranky. Screenshots to the rescue!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, the PowerProtect Data Manager plugin for vSphere works a little different from Avamar and NetWorker&#8217;s. While Avamar and NetWorker insert a plugin via the <em>Menu<\/em> dropdown in vSphere, Data Manager&#8217;s appears within the summary page for individual virtual machines:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/01-PPDM-Recovery-Controls.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1661\" height=\"1168\" src=\"https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/01-PPDM-Recovery-Controls.png\" alt=\"Viewing the PowerProtect Data Manager plugin in the VM summary page.\" class=\"wp-image-10369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/01-PPDM-Recovery-Controls.png 1661w, https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/01-PPDM-Recovery-Controls-300x211.png 300w, https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/01-PPDM-Recovery-Controls-1024x720.png 1024w, https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/01-PPDM-Recovery-Controls-768x540.png 768w, https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/01-PPDM-Recovery-Controls-1536x1080.png 1536w, https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/01-PPDM-Recovery-Controls-1600x1125.png 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1661px) 100vw, 1661px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><strong><em>PowerProtect Data Manager plugin visible from VM Summary page<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You can see three options in the Data Manager plugin:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Backup now<\/li><li>File Level Restore<\/li><li>Restore<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>(These options are only available if the virtual machine is a member of a Data Manager policy.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For this overview, I&#8217;m going to do a virtual machine recovery, restoring it as a new VM within my lab environment. To start that process, I clicked the <strong>Restore<\/strong> button, which launched the wizard:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/02-Restore-Mode-Activated.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1661\" height=\"1168\" src=\"https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/02-Restore-Mode-Activated.png\" alt=\"Activating the PowerProtect Data Manager Restore Wizard\" class=\"wp-image-10370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/02-Restore-Mode-Activated.png 1661w, https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/02-Restore-Mode-Activated-300x211.png 300w, https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/02-Restore-Mode-Activated-1024x720.png 1024w, https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/02-Restore-Mode-Activated-768x540.png 768w, https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/02-Restore-Mode-Activated-1536x1080.png 1536w, https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/02-Restore-Mode-Activated-1600x1125.png 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1661px) 100vw, 1661px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><strong><em>VM Restore Wizard Activated<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You start by choosing the virtual machine you want to restore, and the copy you want to restore from:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/03-VM-Selected.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1661\" height=\"1168\" src=\"https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/03-VM-Selected.png\" alt=\"Selecting the virtual machine and copy in the PowerProtect Data Manager restore wizard.\" class=\"wp-image-10371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/03-VM-Selected.png 1661w, https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/03-VM-Selected-300x211.png 300w, https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/03-VM-Selected-1024x720.png 1024w, https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/03-VM-Selected-768x540.png 768w, https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/03-VM-Selected-1536x1080.png 1536w, https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/03-VM-Selected-1600x1125.png 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1661px) 100vw, 1661px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><strong><em>VM Restore Wizard: VM and Copy Selected<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Clicking <strong>Next<\/strong> from the above pane moves you forward to choose whether you want to recover the entire virtual machine or individual disks:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/04-Restore-Entire-VM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1661\" height=\"1168\" src=\"https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/04-Restore-Entire-VM.png\" alt=\"PowerProtect Data Manager - Restore whole VM or individual disks?\" class=\"wp-image-10372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/04-Restore-Entire-VM.png 1661w, https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/04-Restore-Entire-VM-300x211.png 300w, https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/04-Restore-Entire-VM-1024x720.png 1024w, https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/04-Restore-Entire-VM-768x540.png 768w, https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/04-Restore-Entire-VM-1536x1080.png 1536w, https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/04-Restore-Entire-VM-1600x1125.png 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1661px) 100vw, 1661px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><strong><em>VM Restore Wizard: Restore whole VM, or individual disks?<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I wanted to restore the entire VM, so left the wizard on the default selection and clicked <strong>Next<\/strong>. Having drilled down to the restore purpose, Data Manager then let me choose the restore type:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/05-Restore-as-New-VM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1661\" height=\"1168\" src=\"https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/05-Restore-as-New-VM.png\" alt=\"PowerProtect Data Manager - Choosing the restore type for a virtual machine.\" class=\"wp-image-10373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/05-Restore-as-New-VM.png 1661w, https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/05-Restore-as-New-VM-300x211.png 300w, https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/05-Restore-as-New-VM-1024x720.png 1024w, https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/05-Restore-as-New-VM-768x540.png 768w, https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/05-Restore-as-New-VM-1536x1080.png 1536w, https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/05-Restore-as-New-VM-1600x1125.png 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1661px) 100vw, 1661px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><strong><em>VM Restore Wizard: Choosing the restore type<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The restore types presented there are pretty obvious:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Instant access<\/strong>: Present a read\/write VM image from the PowerProtect storage platform for access immediately by vCenter\/vSphere.<\/li><li><strong>Create and restore to new VM<\/strong>: Bring the virtual machine back to a new guest registered in the system.<\/li><li><strong>Restore to Original VM:<\/strong> Overwrite the existing virtual machine for the recovery.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For my recovery, I wanted to create a new VM so I selected the middle option and clicked <strong>Next<\/strong>. So the next step was to choose the vCenter and datacentre to recover to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/06-Restore-Choose-vCenter-and-Datacentre.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1661\" height=\"1168\" src=\"https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/06-Restore-Choose-vCenter-and-Datacentre.png\" alt=\"PowerProtect Data Manager - Choose vCenter and datacentre to restore to.\" class=\"wp-image-10375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/06-Restore-Choose-vCenter-and-Datacentre.png 1661w, https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/06-Restore-Choose-vCenter-and-Datacentre-300x211.png 300w, https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/06-Restore-Choose-vCenter-and-Datacentre-1024x720.png 1024w, https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/06-Restore-Choose-vCenter-and-Datacentre-768x540.png 768w, https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/06-Restore-Choose-vCenter-and-Datacentre-1536x1080.png 1536w, https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/06-Restore-Choose-vCenter-and-Datacentre-1600x1125.png 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1661px) 100vw, 1661px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><strong><em>VM Restore Wizard: Choosing the vCenter and Datacentre to restore to<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For my lab environment, there&#8217;s not a lot to choose there, so I clicked <strong>Next<\/strong> to continue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/07-Choose-Destination-Location.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1661\" height=\"1168\" src=\"https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/07-Choose-Destination-Location.png\" alt=\"PowerProtect Data Manager: Choosing the restore location within the vSphere environment.\" class=\"wp-image-10376\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/07-Choose-Destination-Location.png 1661w, https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/07-Choose-Destination-Location-300x211.png 300w, https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/07-Choose-Destination-Location-1024x720.png 1024w, https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/07-Choose-Destination-Location-768x540.png 768w, https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/07-Choose-Destination-Location-1536x1080.png 1536w, https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/07-Choose-Destination-Location-1600x1125.png 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1661px) 100vw, 1661px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><strong><em>VM Restore Wizard: Choosing the restore location within the vSphere environment<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Next up was to choose the ESX host for the restore:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/08-Choose-ESX-Host.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/08-Choose-ESX-Host-1024x720.png\" alt=\"PowerProtect Data Manager: Choosing the ESX Host for the restore\" class=\"wp-image-10377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/08-Choose-ESX-Host-1024x720.png 1024w, https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/08-Choose-ESX-Host-300x211.png 300w, https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/08-Choose-ESX-Host-768x540.png 768w, https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/08-Choose-ESX-Host-1536x1080.png 1536w, https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/08-Choose-ESX-Host-1600x1125.png 1600w, https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/08-Choose-ESX-Host.png 1661w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><strong><em>VM Restore Wizard: Choosing the ESX host for the restore<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Clicking <strong>Next<\/strong> from the above led me to choosing where on the ESX storage I wanted to write the recovery to. I&#8217;ve expanded this in the grab below to show the options on a per-disk basis:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/09-Choose-Disk-Locations-and-Type.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1784\" height=\"1332\" src=\"https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/09-Choose-Disk-Locations-and-Type.png\" alt=\"PowerProtect Data Manager: Configuring the disks for the virtual machine restore.\" class=\"wp-image-10378\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/09-Choose-Disk-Locations-and-Type.png 1784w, https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/09-Choose-Disk-Locations-and-Type-300x224.png 300w, https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/09-Choose-Disk-Locations-and-Type-1024x765.png 1024w, https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/09-Choose-Disk-Locations-and-Type-768x573.png 768w, https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/09-Choose-Disk-Locations-and-Type-1536x1147.png 1536w, https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/09-Choose-Disk-Locations-and-Type-1600x1195.png 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1784px) 100vw, 1784px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><strong><em>VM Restore Wizard: Choosing the disk configuration for the recovered virtual machine<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>With these details configured I could click Next and then finalise restore options \u2013&nbsp;which includes naming the new VM, and optionally starting it via instant access for the duration of the recovery:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/10-VM-Name-and-Restore-Options.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1661\" height=\"1168\" src=\"https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/10-VM-Name-and-Restore-Options.png\" alt=\"VM Restore Wizard: Set restored virtual machine name and choose whether to use instant access.\" class=\"wp-image-10379\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/10-VM-Name-and-Restore-Options.png 1661w, https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/10-VM-Name-and-Restore-Options-300x211.png 300w, https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/10-VM-Name-and-Restore-Options-1024x720.png 1024w, https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/10-VM-Name-and-Restore-Options-768x540.png 768w, https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/10-VM-Name-and-Restore-Options-1536x1080.png 1536w, https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/10-VM-Name-and-Restore-Options-1600x1125.png 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1661px) 100vw, 1661px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><strong><em>VM Restore Wizard: Choosing restore options for the virtual machine<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For my restore, I elected not to use Instant Access and wanted to leave the virtual machine powered off after recovery. Clicking <strong>Next<\/strong> led to a summary page:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/11-Restore-Summary.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1661\" height=\"1168\" src=\"https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/11-Restore-Summary.png\" alt=\"VM Restore Wizard: Review Summary\" class=\"wp-image-10380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/11-Restore-Summary.png 1661w, https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/11-Restore-Summary-300x211.png 300w, https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/11-Restore-Summary-1024x720.png 1024w, https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/11-Restore-Summary-768x540.png 768w, https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/11-Restore-Summary-1536x1080.png 1536w, https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/11-Restore-Summary-1600x1125.png 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1661px) 100vw, 1661px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><strong><em>VM Restore Wizard: Review Summary<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>When I was happy with the restore options, I clicked <strong>Restore<\/strong> to start the process. This gets Data Manager to initiate the retrieval, and gives you an update after it&#8217;s underway:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/12-Restore-Initiated.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1661\" height=\"1168\" src=\"https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/12-Restore-Initiated.png\" alt=\"PowerProtect Data Manager Restore Initiated\" class=\"wp-image-10381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/12-Restore-Initiated.png 1661w, https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/12-Restore-Initiated-300x211.png 300w, https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/12-Restore-Initiated-1024x720.png 1024w, https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/12-Restore-Initiated-768x540.png 768w, https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/12-Restore-Initiated-1536x1080.png 1536w, https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/12-Restore-Initiated-1600x1125.png 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1661px) 100vw, 1661px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><strong><em>PowerProtect Data Manager Restore Initiated<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You can track the progress of the restore via the vCenter tasks:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/13-Restore-in-Progress.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1661\" height=\"1168\" src=\"https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/13-Restore-in-Progress.png\" alt=\"PowerProtect Data Manager - Virtual machine restore in progress\" class=\"wp-image-10382\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/13-Restore-in-Progress.png 1661w, https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/13-Restore-in-Progress-300x211.png 300w, https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/13-Restore-in-Progress-1024x720.png 1024w, https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/13-Restore-in-Progress-768x540.png 768w, https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/13-Restore-in-Progress-1536x1080.png 1536w, https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/13-Restore-in-Progress-1600x1125.png 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1661px) 100vw, 1661px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><strong><em>Virtual machine restore in progress<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally, once the virtual machine had been restored, I clicked on it. This brings up the PowerProtect plugin for the new virtual machine, and because it isn&#8217;t a member of a policy, you&#8217;ll see it looks a little different:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/14-Restore-Complete.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/14-Restore-Complete-1024x720.png\" alt=\"Virtual machine recovery complete\" class=\"wp-image-10383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/14-Restore-Complete-1024x720.png 1024w, https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/14-Restore-Complete-300x211.png 300w, https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/14-Restore-Complete-768x540.png 768w, https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/14-Restore-Complete-1536x1080.png 1536w, https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/14-Restore-Complete-1600x1125.png 1600w, https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/14-Restore-Complete.png 1661w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><strong><em>Virtual machine recovery complete<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>So there you have it \u2013&nbsp;the PowerProtect Data Manager vSphere plugin: enabling simple and efficient operations for your VMware administrators, directly within their favourite interface.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you seen Good Omens? 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