The procedures described in this section are used for restoring an entire virtual machine. For instructions on restoring individual files from a Hyper-V backup, see Restoring files from Hyper-V backups. For explanations of the different restore options, see Supported Hyper-V virtual machine restore procedures . To restore from a replicated backup, you must restore to an alternate Hyper-V server or to an alternate location. For details, see To restore a Hyper-V VM to an alternate Hyper-V server and To restore a Hyper-V VM to an alternate location.
Restore procedure |
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Restore a VM to the original server |
Restores the VM to the original Hyper-V server. A clustered VM is restored to the node that owns it. The restore process recreates the VM with the original name, and if the original VM still exists on the server, it is overwritten during the restore process. This option is not supported for replicated backups. For instructions, see To restore a Hyper-V virtual machine to the original Hyper-V server. |
Restore a VM to an alternate path on the original server |
Restores the VM to a different location on the original server. The restore process recreates the VM with the original name in the new location. This option is not supported for clustered VMs or for replicated backups. For instructions, see To restore a Hyper-V VM to an alternate path on the original server. |
Restore a VM to an alternate Hyper-V server. |
Restores the VM to an alternate |
Restore a VM to an alternate location |
Restores the VM disks and configuration files to a Windows machine, which does not have to be a Hyper-V server. This option does not recreate the VM but restores the VM data necessary for you to recreate it with a new configuration on an alternate server and to restore files from the VM. Supported for local and replicated backups. For instructions, see To restore a Hyper-V VM to an alternate location. |