Hi, for Disaster recovery I was wondering if a new VMware Data Recovery vitual machine can be connected to backups on an existing destination?
I tested this by installing VMware Data Recovery then backing up a Windows Server VM to a Network Share using VMDR.
I then deleted the VMware Data Recovery VM and reinstalled it.
how do I get the new VMWare Data Recovery vm to know about the backups of the deleted vmware data Recovery vm.
the Network share is the same.
If I am not mistaken all you need to do is point it at the original destination and it should be able to reference the information there.
This didn't work with a network share. I will try it with a VMDK destination
Deploy the new appliance and follow these steps:
I am finding that this method is not prompting me for restoring catalog information necessary to do a RESTORE.
Does this information display immediatly after the integrity check?
I would imagine that it would show the configuration immediately. I would try disconnecting and reconnecting to the vDR appliance.
Looking at the details carefully, I think I discovered the issue.
I put the VMwareDataRecovery File Share on \\backupserver\\VMwareDataRecovery
or E:\VMWareDataRecovery\VMwareDataRecovery
The first folder was shared.
When I deleted and restore these directories from tape I shared the second folder
and a new folder was being created by VMDR instead of finding the existing recover files:
E:\VMWareDataRecovery\VMwareDataRecovery\VMwareDataRecovery
I think a better way to restore is
1) restore the VMwareDataRecovery Folder
2) create the VMware Data Recovery virtual machine
3) cancel the create backup dialog
4) use the configure tab - Configure >>Destinations and add the network share ensuring that the VMwareDataRecovery folder is the first folder below the share
5) run integrity checkon the destination