User manual
Table Of Contents
- VMware vCloud Air User's Guide
- Contents
- About vCloud Air
- Use the vCloud Air Web Console
- About Virtual Data Centers
- Create a Virtual Data Center
- View Virtual Data Center Details in vCloud Air
- Manage Resource Allocation for a Virtual Data Center
- Manage Virtual Machines in a Virtual Data Center
- Lock a Virtual Data Center
- Unlock a Virtual Data Center
- Set a Limit on Number of Virtual Machines in a Virtual Data Center
- Change Virtual Data Center Name or Description
- Delete a Virtual Data Center
- About Gateways and Networks
- Basic Management for Virtual Machines
- About Virtual Machine Monitoring
- Advanced Management for Virtual Machines
- Data Protection Service
- Features of the Data Protection Service
- About Data Protection Policies
- Reporting and Storage Use
- Billing for the Data Protection Service
- Ways to Restore Virtual Machines
- Enable Data Protection for a Virtual Data Center
- Update the Data Protection Policy for a Virtual Data Center
- Add a Backup Policy for a vApp
- Run a Manual Backup
- Restore a Virtual Machine from a Backup
- Restore a Deleted vApp
- Delete a Backup Image
- Disaster Recovery in vCloud Air
- Storage in vCloud Air
- About Snapshots
- vCloud Air User Management
- Technical Support
- Index
Procedure
1 On the Data Protection tab, click Deleted vAPPs.
A list of your deleted vApps appears that shows the virtual data center from which they were deleted
and their available restore points.
2 Click the link in the Available Restore Points column for the vApp that you want to restore.
The restore points dialog box appears.
3 Select the restore point to use.
4 In the Out-of-Place Restore dialog box, complete the following settings:
a Select the virtual data center for the vApp from the drop-down list.
b Enter a name for the new vApp.
c From the Restore field, select one of the following options:
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Entire vApp
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Select specific Virtual Machines to restore and select the check boxes of the virtual machines
to restore.
5 Click Restore.
Delete a Backup Image
When you manually delete a backup image, the Data Protection Service displays a confirmation message
that the image was deleted. Additionally, the Data Protection Service automatically deletes restore points for
a backup when they expire after three weeks. You can only delete an entire backup image for a vApp. You
cannot delete individual restore points.
Prerequisites
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Verify that you have a subscription to the Data Protection Service.
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Verify that you have end user or virtual infrastructure administrator privileges.
Procedure
1 From the VDCs protected or vAPPs protected tabs, click the link in the Available Restore Points
column for the vApp backup that you want to delete
The restore points dialog box appears.
2 Click Delete All.
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