Backup & Restore

This section is a simple step-by-step guide on how to use Storware Backup & Recovery to protect your Virtual Environments.

Bacup and restore of Virtual Environment

Manual backup

Note: to perform a manual backup, a target VE instance must be assigned to Backup SLA

Search for VE instance you want to backup and click Backup the button next to it.

In the next window, choose backup type and click Backup button.

You can track the progress of the task in tasks console

Manual restore

Search for VE instance you want to restore and click Restore the button next to it.

In the next window, choose if you want to restore to the file system or directly to the hypervisor (or hypervisor manager). Enter the rest parameters according to your needs and click Restore the button. The available parameters may differ depending on the hypervisor.

Note: Staging cleanup task starts even if backup or restore process is failed or cancelled.

Note: More information about Virtual Environments you can find in the administration chapter.