## Full VM Restore

Full VM Restore provides users to restore an entire VM from a backup file and to have full disk I/O performance. In this section, you will learn how to restore full VM step-by-step.

Contents

1. Before You Start
2. Launch the Full VM Restore Wizard
3. Restore Wizard: Select VMs and Restore Point
4. Restore Wizard: Select Restore Mode
5. Restore Wizard: Configure Restore Settings
6. Restore Wizard: Apply and Restore

### Before You Start

Full VM Restore provides users to restore an entire VM from a backup file to the latest state or a previous point in time if the primary VM fails. It takes more time and resources to restore but has full disk I/O performance.

### Launch the Full VM Restore Wizard

Launch the restore wizard to restore VMs to the most recent state or to any available restore point through full VM restore, you can do one of the following:
- At Active Backup for Business > Virtual Machine > Virtual Machine, single select the virtual machine you want to restore and click Restore to launch the restore wizard and select full VM restore
- At Active Backup for Business > Virtual Machine > Task, select the backup task you want to restore and click Restore to launch the restore wizard and select full VM restore.

### Restore Wizard: Select VMs and Restore Point

Select the VMs you want to restore and restore point for each selected one.

### Restore Wizard: Select Restore Mode

Select the restore mode you want to perform.
- Restore to the original location: Restore the selected VM to its original location, with the original name and settings. This option minimizes the chance of user input error and will un-register and replace the original VM in the production site.
- Restore to a new location, or with different settings: Customize destination and settings for the restored VM.

### Restore Wizard: Configure Restore Settings

If you choose Restore to the original location, you will pass directly to the summary step of the wizard.

For users who choose Restore to a new location, or with different settings, please specify a name, and select a folder, hypervisor, resource pool, datastore, and network to run the restored VM.

### Restore Wizard: Apply and Restore

On the task summary page, please check the info of the restored VM and click Apply to start. You will then be directed to Restore Status to monitor the restoration progress.

Enable Power on VM automatically if you want to run the restored VM immediately. For testing purposes, it’s recommended to keep this option disabled, manually disconnect the initial VM from the production network, and connect it to an isolated non-production network to avoid conflicts.