User guide

9 Running VM from Backup

Click Run VM from Backup in the Home tab of the main menu to mount certain backed up virtual

machine without restoring it. The Run VM from Backup wizard opens in the main workspace area

and asks you to provide the required information and configure the necessary settings for the Run

VM from Backup task. The wizard consists of the three steps:

 What VM to run.

 Where to run the VM.

 Additional settings.

These three steps of the Run VM from Backup wizard and their options are described below.

9.1 What VM to Run

In the first step of the Run VM from Backup wizard, you should first define the backup location and

make a selection of the virtual machines to be run. The chosen locations are scanned for archives and

their contents. This is necessary to pick up the recovery point(s) which will define the state of the

virtual machine you want to run from backup. Running VM from backup process is also referred to as

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