I accidentally deleted one of the virtual machines in my cluster. Luckily, I can restore it with HYCU!

Restore a full virtual machine

I accidentally deleted the VM-DEMO-HYCU:

By clicking on it, I can access all the available restore points:

To restore the virtual machine, I select the restore point that interests me and click on “Restore”:

I select “Virtual Machine Options” to access the restoration options:

Restore VM allows you to restore the virtual machine in place of an existing virtual machine.

Clone VM allows you to restore the machine without touching the existing virtual machine using a clone.

Validate VM Backup allows you to create a copy of the virtual machine to verify the status of the restore point.

In my case, I select “Restore VM” and click “Next”:

In my case, I leave everything as default because it corresponds to the configurations I want to apply. If you wish, you can customize the destination storage container, the source of the restore point (backup or snapshot), and even the virtual machine configuration if you want it to be different from the original one.

Once the process is launched, you can follow its progress in the “Jobs” menu:

A few minutes later (or a little longer depending on the volume of data to be restored and the origin of the backup point), your virtual machine will be operational.

On your Nutanix Prism interface, you will see that the description of the restored machine has been entered:

Restore a specific file or folder

You can also restore a specific folder or file instead of restoring the entire virtual machine. To do this, select the desired restore point and click “Restore Files”:

Then leave the default value “AUTOMATIC” and click “Next”:

Wait while the restore point is read, the tree structure will then be displayed on the left:

Select the item(s) to restore, and click “Next”:

Then you have 3 options to choose from:

“Restore to Virtual Machine” allows you to restore files to their original location.

You can then:

• Select the original location or a different location
• Select the action to perform if the files already exist
• Choose whether or not to restore the original permissions

“Restore to External Share” allows you to restore files to a different share

You can then:

• Select the sharing type
• Indicate the shared path
• Select the action to perform if the files already exist

“Download” allows you to download the selected files

There you go, now you know how to restore your precious data in just a few clicks.