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Overview

Hyper-V virtual machines restoration process overview.

General information

When working with backup software, it’s important to know how to restore your data efficiently. Xopero ONE offers multiple methods to restore virtual machines directly to Hyper-V hosts — select one that best fits your requirements.

Note that these restore options also allow you to transfer VMs between different Hyper-V hosts, as long as they are connected to the Xopero ONE Management Service.

Instant restore

The instant restore feature quickly restores a VM’s configuration files to the Hyper-V host and prepares the virtual machine by mounting its disks directly from storage using the iSCSI protocol. This enables the VM to start within minutes. Because the data remains in the backup storage, no actual data is copied or restored elsewhere, allowing fast access without duplicating the backup.

This method is intended for disaster recovery scenarios and should not be used as a standard production restoration process.

To restore a virtual machine to Hyper-V after an incident, run both the instant restore and whole VM recovery tasks at the same time. This allows you to access and use the VM almost immediately via instant restore. Once the whole VM recovery is finished, you can stop the instant restore process and switch to using the fully recovered VM in production.

Note that this is a non-production restore; any changes or modifications made during the instant restore session are temporary and will not be saved. When you perform another restore, these changes will no longer be visible.

All modifications are written only to the Hyper-V host’s temporary files.

Whole machine restore

Whole VM recovery allows you to restore a virtual machine to its original location or to a new one. This is the standard method for VM restoration — Xopero ONE retrieves the VM data directly from storage and restores it to the Hyper-V host.

Summary

  1. Instant restore is perfect for immediate disaster recovery, giving rapid access to your virtual machines within minutes.

  2. Whole VM recovery ensures that your VM is fully restored and ready for production use.

  3. Using both methods together allows you to quickly recover Hyper-V virtual machines while minimizing downtime.

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