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Table Of Contents
- VMware vFabric Data Director Administrator and User Guide
- Contents
- About VMware vFabric Data Director
- Updated Information
- VMware vFabric Data Director and vFabric Postgres Overview
- Managing Data Director Resources
- Managing Users and Roles
- Managing Organizations
- Managing Database Groups
- Managing Database Templates
- Managing Databases
- Cloning Databases
- Managing Database Entities
- Safeguarding Data
- Monitoring the Data Director Environment
- Managing Licenses
- Reconfiguring Data Director Networks
- Change the vCenter IP Address
- Reconfigure the Web Console Network Mapping or Network Adapter
- Reconfigure the vCenter Network Mapping
- Reconfigure the vCenter Network Adapter Settings
- Reconfigure the DB Name Service Network or DB Name Service Network Adapter
- Reconfigure the Internal Network or Internal Network Adapter Mapping
- Verify Network Settings in Data Director
- Data Director Troubleshooting
- Index
Restore a VMware Data Recovery Backup
Before you can import a VMware Data Recovery (VDR) backup, you must restore the backup in vSphere Client.
Prerequisites
Log in to the vSphere Client with administrator privileges and connect to the vCenter Server system where
you installed VDR.
Procedure
1 In vSphere Client, connect to VDR and click the VDR Restore tab.
2 Click the Restore link.
3 Select the database backup to restore.
a Expand your database group's resource pool.
b Expand the Backup resource pool.
c Select the check box next to the backup to be restored.
d Click Next.
4 Click through the inventory list to select the location for the restored backup (the datastore of the virtual
machine and the data.vmdk file that you want to restore), and click Next.
5 Review the restore settings, and click Restore.
The restore begins. The process can take some time to complete. When the process finishes, you can see the
restored backup virtual machine in the vSphere inventory.
Import VMware Data Recovery Backups
After you restore a VMware Data Recovery backup, you can import that backup into Data Director.
Prerequisites
Restore a VDR backup.
Procedure
1 In vSphere Client, power off the backup virtual machine.
2 Log into Data Director as an organization user with database backup and restore privileges for the database
that you want to restore.
3 In the Manage & Monitor tab, expand the database group, then select the database to restore.
4 Right-click the database name and select Import Backups.
5 Select the backup to import.
Data Director imports the backup.
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