Enter the name to be given to the recovered VM. If this field is left blank, or a folder with the recovered VM name already exists in the datastore, the recovered VM will be named <Name of the original virtual machine>_<counter>.

- |?*:/\"<>' are not allowed in the recovered VM name.

The VM name must not exceed 80 characters

\\<hostname> or<Ip address>\<Sharename>

//Host/Folder
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GUEST OS CREDENTIALS

Username:Valid username.

Password:Valid password.

Location:Browse to the location where you want to restore files.

Backup Proxy Pool:From the drop-down list, select a Backup proxy pool. It is recommended that you select a Backup proxy pool with backup proxies that are locally connected to the destination hypervisor for restore.

Staging VM:

Select a staging VM with credentials assigned or credentials not assigned.
If you select a staging VM without credentials, then the Credentials field is displayed.

📝 Notes

​ This field lists the staging VMs only if it follows all the prerequisites.

The staging VM is used to mount volumes for file-level restores to the target VM.

This field is pre-populated by the same staging VM used in the previous flow to list the available files and folders. However, you can modify this.

ENTER CREDENTIALS FOR THE SELECTED STAGING VM

Credentials:Select or enter credentials for the selected staging VM.
If you click the Custom value, then you can create credentials and the Label, Username, and Password fields are displayed.

Label:Enter a label for the staging VM.

Username:Enter a valid username for the staging VM.

Password:Enter a valid password for the staging VM.

IF ORIGINAL FILE (S) EXIST

Always overwrite:The files with the same name will always be overwritten at the destination regardless of the file version or date. By default, this option is always selected.

Always skip:The files with the same name will not be restored to the destination. The number of files skipped will be displayed in the progress logs.

Overwrite if original is older:

The files with the same name will be overwritten only if the files are older than the version being restored.

Restore and move original to .orig:If the file being restored already exists at the destination, the version being restored will be saved with the same filename. While the existing file will be renamed to filename.ext.orig. On subsequent restores, the existing file versions at the destination will be appended with an incremental number such as filename.ext.orig1, filename.ext.orig2, and so on.

Preserve original directory structure:You can preserve the entire source location directory structure, that is tree path while restoring a file to an alternate location.
An example of original directory structure: If you are restoring folder “B” from the source location Volume1/A/B/C/D to F:/.
The restored file structure will be F:/A/B/C/D.
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Destination VMware Setup:Select the required vCenter/ESXi.

Destination Hypervisor: Select the required Hypervisor.

Destination VM: Select the required virtual machine where you want to restore the files.

📝 Note
​The timestamp under the Destination VM drop-down lists the last time the virtual machine listing page was refreshed.

Backup Proxy Pool:

From the drop-down list, select a backup proxy pool. It is recommended that you select a backup proxy pool with backup proxies that are locally connected to the destination hypervisor for restore.

📝 Note

​If the virtual machine has a backup proxy pool mapped to it, the mapped backup proxy pool is selected by default.

GUEST OS CREDENTIALS

Username:Valid username.

Password:Valid password.

Location:Browse to the location where you want to restore files.

Staging VM:

You can select a staging VM with credentials assigned or credentials not assigned.
If you select a staging VM without credentials, then the Credentials field is displayed.

📝 Notes
​

This field lists the staging VMs only if it follows all the prerequisites.
​ The staging VM is used to mount volumes for file-level restores to the target VM.
​This field is pre-populated by the same staging VM used in the previous flow to list the available files and folders. However, you can modify this.

ENTER CREDENTIALS FOR THE SELECTED STAGINGVM

Credentials:Select or enter credentials for the selected staging VM.
If you click the Custom value, then you can create credentials and the Label, Username, and Password fields are displayed.

Label:Enter a label for the staging VM.

Username:Enter a valid username for the staging VM.

Password:Enter a valid password for the staging VM.

IF ORIGINAL FILE(S) EXIST

Always overwrite:The files with the same name will always be overwritten at the destination regardless of the file version or date. By default, this option is always selected.

Always skip:The files with the same name will not be restored to the destination. The number of files skipped will be displayed in the progress logs.

Overwrite if original is older:

The files with the same name will be overwritten only if the files are older than the version being restored.

Restore and move original to .orig:If the file being restored already exists at the destination, the version being restored will be saved with the same filename. While the existing file will be renamed to filename.ext.orig. On subsequent restores, the existing file versions at the destination will be appended with an incremental number such as filename.ext.orig1, filename.ext.orig2, and so on.

Preserve original directory structure:You can preserve the entire source location directory structure, which is tree path while restoring a file to an alternate location.
​
An example of original directory structure: If you are restoring folder “B” from the source location Volume1/A/B/C/D to F:/.
The restored file structure will be F:/A/B/C/D.