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SureBackup - Copy whole VM from backup storage, then boot?

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For SureBackup and Labs - is there a way to Copy the whole VM from slow backup storage, to faster storage and then boot?

The reason I ask that when I'm using Surebackup for Lab scenarios it is painfully slow due to Random access to my dedup backup device. If I could have the option to copy the VM to SSD first in the Surbackup sequence, the whole process would be much much faster.
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Re: SureBackup - Copy whole VM from backup storage, then boo

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Unfortunately, not. But have you thought about using dedupe appliance as a secondary backup destination, not as primary one; should allow you to speed up both backup verification and restoration. Thanks.
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Re: SureBackup - Copy whole VM from backup storage, then boo

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It is a secondary repo for some VMs, but not all unfortunately. One for the wish list :)

Thanks for the quick answer.
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Re: SureBackup - Copy whole VM from backup storage, then boo

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Got it, for now you can probably script the whole process:

1) Copy backups from dedupe appliance to SSD drive
2) Import backups
3) Create application group
4) Run SureBackup job
5) Remove backups

But I understand that this might be cumbersome.

Thanks.
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