{"id":45018,"date":"2020-10-07T16:31:57","date_gmt":"2020-10-07T12:31:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/?p=45018"},"modified":"2023-09-06T15:53:12","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T11:53:12","slug":"how-to-restore-a-hyper-v-machine-with-msp360-backup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/blog\/how-to-restore-a-hyper-v-machine-with-msp360-backup\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Restore a Hyper-V Machine with MSP360 Managed Backup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MSP360 Managed Backup 6.3.3 VM Edition brings three new restore options for your Hyper-V <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/solutions\/virtual-machine-backup\/\">virtual machine backups<\/a>. They are:<!--more--><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Restore as Hyper-V virtual machine<\/li>\n<li>Import virtual machine<\/li>\n<li>Restore Hyper-V virtual machine as a virtual disk<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Below, we review how these restore modes work:<\/p>\n<h2>Restore as Hyper-V Machine<\/h2>\n<p>The \u201cRestore as Hyper-V machine\u201d option allows you to restore your Hyper-V virtual machine (VM) as a file structure to any destination in your local environment you need. You might have a case when you need to put your VM on a local or network storage to be able to spin it up in just a few minutes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-45026 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/VM-restore-1.png\" alt=\"Restore as Hyper-V Machine\" width=\"578\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/VM-restore-1.png 578w, https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/VM-restore-1-300x239.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 578px) 100vw, 578px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This restore option will place your VM files at the specified destination and create a specific folder structure for that Hyper-V VM.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-45027 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/VM-restore-2.png\" alt=\"VM files\" width=\"667\" height=\"164\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/VM-restore-2.png 667w, https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/VM-restore-2-300x74.png 300w, https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/VM-restore-2-624x153.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 667px) 100vw, 667px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Once the restore is complete, you can manually start your VM from that location at any time you need it.<\/p>\n<h2>Import virtual machine<\/h2>\n<p>In the event that one of your production VMs crashes, you can restore the latest copy of it directly to the Hyper-V host. To make this happen, you should enable the \u201cImport\u201d option while restoring the Hyper-V virtual machine.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-45031 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/VM-restore-7.png\" alt=\"Import virtual machine\" width=\"579\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/VM-restore-7.png 579w, https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/VM-restore-7-300x239.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 579px) 100vw, 579px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You then specify a destination where you would like to restore this VM. It could be some specific location or the original one. Also, you can tell the software to power your VM on as soon as the restore is complete if needed.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-45030 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/VM-restore-3.png\" alt=\"Restore options\" width=\"581\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/VM-restore-3.png 581w, https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/VM-restore-3-300x239.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 581px) 100vw, 581px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the next step, you can either overwrite your existing machine or restore it as a new one by changing the virtual machine name.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-45029 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/VM-restore-4.png\" alt=\"Restore to VM details\" width=\"578\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/VM-restore-4.png 578w, https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/VM-restore-4-300x240.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 578px) 100vw, 578px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Once the VM import is done, the software will compare the location for each VHD that was restored for that VM. If the location is different, the software will update the configuration with the proper location and update the network configuration. If the virtual switches that the VM was connected to when it was backed up still exist, new ports are created and connected to the VM.<\/p>\n<h2>Restore Hyper-V Virtual Machine as a Virtual Disk<\/h2>\n<p>Another way to restore your Hyper-V virtual machine is by converting it to another virtual format. MSP360 offers many different virtual disk formats you can convert it to. You can choose the one that works best for you, depending on the environment you\u2019re operating and the infrastructure you have available.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-45028 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/VM-restore-5.jpg\" alt=\"Restore Hyper-V Virtual Machine as a Virtual Disk\" width=\"646\" height=\"515\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/VM-restore-5.jpg 646w, https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/VM-restore-5-300x239.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/VM-restore-5-624x497.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 646px) 100vw, 646px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This approach allows you to convert your Hyper-V virtual machine and run it on another virtual platform or connect to your current system as a virtual disk.<\/p>\n<h2>Stay Safe!<\/h2>\n<p>We never know when disaster will happen. The most important thing is to ensure that you\u2019re fully prepared for it. With <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/managed-backup\/\">MSP360 Managed Backup<\/a> 6.3.3, you can protect your Hyper-V environment with every recovery scenario.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MSP360 Managed Backup 6.3.3 VM Edition brings three new restore options for your Hyper-V virtual machine backups. They are:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":74,"featured_media":45065,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[877,894,895,882],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog-articles","category-msp360-backup","category-msp360-mbs","category-msp360-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45018","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/74"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45018"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45018\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56137,"href":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45018\/revisions\/56137"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}