Instant recovery with only thick disks (Agent-based backup)

[sk0ld]

Hello !

Recently I upgraded B&R to version 10.
And tried to import Windows-agent-based backup. It was done successfully.

After that I tried to perform Instant Recovery to my vCenter.
It works, but no disk type configuration is presented (thick or thin), so my restored VM became thick-provisioned.
Only default storage policies are configured.
And storage migration with thin-disk selection helped me in this case.

But when it tried to "Export disk content as virtual disks" as VMDK file - it allows to select thin or thick disk type.

Is it possible to make Instant Recovery with thin-provisioned disk?

Thanks in advance !

[Vitaliy S.]

Hi Konstantin,

Just talked to the RnD team regarding your question. Currently, there is no way to select disk type when either you're recovering an agent-based backup or a VM-based, so storage migration or export disk content looks to be the only option to achieve what you want.

Thanks!

[DataDefender]

Hello Data Hoarders,

Is "Export Content to Virtual Disk" still the recommended way to go? I need to restore an Agent-made backup of a physical machine to VMware. An attempt with Instant Recovery lets me boot the machine, but I cannot migrate it to production because it appears to be thick-provisioned, and I don’t have enough free space on my VMware hosts.

Best,
DD

[HannesK]

Hello,
there is nothing against "export content to virtual disk" and as you cannot use Instant Recovery, that's probably the easiest option.

Best regards
Hannes

[DataDefender]

Hi,

I have created a new VM on Vcenter, then exported the physicals machines disks into the folder, attached them, and it booted right up without issues. I only had the reconfigure the network settings as expected.

Best,
DD