Administrator Guide

If you use vCenter to add an exposed/unmanaged VM to the Inventory, the restored VM includes both the original VM backup and a
temporary snapshot of the VM. Use vCenter Snapshot Manager to either delete the temporary snapshot or use the temporary
snapshot to revert the restored VM.
7. Click Expose.
NOTE: A partial expose is not supported. You must specify Expose Path to all components in the backup set.
Expose a Restore Point Stored on an SMB File Share
Use the Expose Restore Point Volumes dialog box to expose a restore point on an SMB file share.
1. In the Server Connections area of the navigation pane, connect to a server or host.
2. In the Backup Extensions area of the navigation pane, select a data source.
3. Select a restore point.
4. In the Restore Points area of the action pane, click Expose.
The Expose Restore Point Volumes dialog box opens. The Expose Path column displays the SMB path where the data is exposed.
This path is automatically generated by Replay Manager and cannot be changed.
5. (Optional) To make the exposed restore point writable, select Make exposed volumes writable. Once an exposed restore point is
writable, it is no longer managed by Replay Manager. That is, the restore point is no longer included in the list of available restore
points.
NOTE: Volumes must be writable to attach SQL Server databases from exposed volumes.
6. Click Expose.
Resync a Restore Point (Windows Extensions Only)
Use the following procedure to a resync a restore point.
CAUTION:
To increase the speed of this action, Replay Manager does not perform a check to determine whether any
data on the data source has changed. Any changes that occur after the restore point was created will be lost.
NOTE: Resync is not available on Hyper-V, restore points containing SQL system databases, or restore points containing
Cluster Shared Volumes (CSVs).
1. In the Server Connections area of the navigation pane, connect to a server or host.
2. In the Backup Extensions area of the navigation pane, select a data source.
3. Select a restore point to resync.
4. In the Restore Points area of the action pane, click Resync.
5. Recovery options:
• Select Fast Recovery Options: This option is selected by default. By leaving this option checked, the disk signature of the
resynchonized volume will revert back to the disk signature of the target volume.
• Do Not Recover Databases: When checked, the resync operation will not recover the databases in the restore point before
executing.
6. Click OK to resync the restore point.
If the resync fails with the message VSS restore completed with failure and the disk appears offline:
1. Open Server Manager and select Disk Management.
2. Right-click on the disk that is offline and select Online.
3. From a command-line interface type the following commands:
DISKPART> select disk <DISK NUMBER>
DISKPART> attributes disk clear readonly
DISKPART> online Disk
NOTE:
For a resync failure with Exchange databases or volumes having an Exchange database, mount the Exchange
database from Exchange Admin Center.
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