After restoring the virtual machines instantly, administrators can migrate the virtual machines to the production environment. Administrators can choose to migrate the restored virtual machine either at the same location as that of the target host or at an alternate location. Additionally, administrators can also specify the VMotion priority for migration.
Before you begin
Make sure that vMotion is enabled on source and destination hosts.
Procedure
Log in to the Management Console.
From the top menu bar, select your organization if organizations are enabled.
Click Protect > VMware.
The vCenter/ESXi host page appears that lists all the registered vCenter/hypervisors.You can either select the registered vCenter/ESXi host from the card view or list view or select it from the vCenter/ESXi host list in the left navigation pane.
In the left navigation pane, click Instant Recovered VMs.
From the list of instantly restored virtual machines, select the virtual machine and click Migrate to Production.
Note: You cannot select a virtual machine for migration if deletion is in progress for that virtual machine.In the Migrate to Production dialog box, provide the following information:
Migration TargetSame host as of instant restore: Select to migrate the virtual machine to the same host as that of the restore target.
Destination Datastore: From the dropdown list, select the datastore where you want to migrate the virtual machine. Make sure that the datasource has a minimum 110 GB disk space available.
📝 Note
The staging datastore used during the instant restore job cannot be used for the migrate to production job and is unavailable for selection. Select an alternate datastore on the same ESXi host.Alternate Location: Select to migrate the virtual machine to an alternate location. For migrating the virtual machine to an alternate location, provide the following details:
Destination Hypervisor: From the dropdown list, select the ESXi hypervisor where you want to restore this virtual machine.
Destination Datastore: From the dropdown list, select the data store where you want to restore this virtual machine.
📝 Note
The staging datastore used during the instant restore job cannot be used for the migrate to production job and is unavailable for selection. Select an alternate datastore on the selected ESXi host.Compute Resource: Select host, cluster, or a resource pool where you want to restore the virtual machine. You cannot select a datacenter or a folder. This option is not available if you are restoring a virtual machine to a standalone ESXi host.
Folder: Select a folder under the data center hierarchy where you want to restore the virtual machine. This option is not available if you are restoring a virtual machine to a standalone ESXi host.
Network: <Check if this is valid, copied from full restore>. Select a network setting available at the destination hypervisor. For on-premises, If a network adapter was not attached to the virtual machine at the time of backup, Druva will attach the VMXNET3 or VMXNET2 type adapter and restore the virtual machine with the selected network setting. If a network adapter was attached to the virtual machine at the time of backup, Druva will restore the virtual machine with the backed up network adapter and selected network setting. If multiple network adapters were attached to the virtual machine at the time of backup, Druva will restore the virtual machine with all the adapters and selected network settings. For troubleshooting network issues, see Troubleshooting.
vMotion Priority: From the drop down, select the priority with which you want to migrate the virtual machine by using the storage vMotion.
Click Finish.
You can see the status of the migration on Jobs page. The job type for migration is Restore (Migrate to Production).
Once the migration is successful, the virtual machine is removed from the list on the Instant Recovered VMs page and listed under All Virtual Machines page. You can now configure this virtual machine for backup.
Next steps