Restore a VM backup

The administrator may allow users to restore their own backups.

Privilege: Restore virtual machine backups

To restore a VM backup:

Go to Virtual datacenters → edit VM → Backups → Backup results
In the Latest backups section, in the Action column on the right, click the Restore link

To display the details of the restore, click on the backup in the Latest backups list.

After the platform finishes the restore, it will display a status, such as "done" or "failed".

After you restore a backup, the VM disks are under the control of the backup system, not the platform. So when you undeploy after restoring a VM, the platform will display a warning popup and delete and remove the VM's disks.

If your environment permits, you may request more than one restore of the same backup. If the status of the restore request is "success" or "failed", Abiquo will reactivate the Restore link and you can click it to request a new restore of the same backup.