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sk0ld
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Instant recovery with only thick disks (Agent-based backup)

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

Post by Vitaliy S. » 1 person likes this post

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!
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