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EMC Avamar 6.1 for VMware User Guide
Restore
Guidelines for performing image restores versus file-level
restores
Avamar provides two distinct mechanisms for restoring virtual machine data:
◆ Image restores, which allow you to restore an entire image or selected drives
◆ File-level restores, which allow you to restore specific folders or files
Image restores are less resource intensive and are generally of restoring large amounts of
data quickly.
File-level restores are more resource intensive and are best used to restore a relatively
small amounts of data. Also, when performing any file-level restore, you cannot restore
more than 5,000 folders or files in the same restore operation.
Therefore, if you must restore large numbers of folders or files, you will experience better
performance if you restore an entire image or selected drives to a temporary location (for
example, a new temporary virtual machine), then copy those files to the desired location
following the restore.
Restoring the full image or selected drives to the original virtual
machine
If restoring from a template backup, the Restore to original virtual machine destination is
disabled.
To restore the full image or selected drives to the original virtual machine:
1. In the vSphere Client, ensure that the target virtual machine is powered off.
2. In Avamar Administrator, click the Backup & Restore launcher button.
The Backup and Restore window appears.
3. Click the Select for Restore tab.
4. Select the original virtual machine in the clients tree.
5. Locate and select a backup.
6. Click the Browse for Image Restore button directly above the contents pane.
7. In the contents pane, do one of the following:
• Select the All virtual disks folder checkbox to restore the entire image.
• Select one or more drives to only restore those specific drives.
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