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Recovering Host-level Backups

Host-level backups have the following recovery options:

VM recovery – recover VMs that run any operating system.
File-level recovery – recover files on VMs that run Windows or Linux.
Instant recovery – recover VMware or Hyper-V VMs immediately.

The type of recovery depends on the type of data you want to recover. Review the following details to determine the best option:

Use file-level recovery to recover only files from a backup or backup copy for VMs running Windows or Linux.
For faster recovery of an entire VMware or Hyper-V VM, use instant recovery.
Instant recovery uses system resources that can impact the performance of other jobs. For VMs you do not need recover immediately, Unitrends recommends a VM recovery.
Recovery time depends on factors such as the amount of data on the VM and other tasks running on the appliance.
To recover from a cold backup copy, you must import it to the appliance first. For more information, see Recovering from cold backup copies.
For details on recovering a VMware template, see the Unitrends Knowledge Base.