Restoring virtual machines from backups

Admin panel

1. On the Compute > Backup > Recovery points tab, click the recovery point from which you want to restore a VM.
2. On the right pane, click Restore virtual machine.

3. In the Restore virtual machine window, the boot volume will be defined automatically and will be restored from the selected recovery point. Specify all other VM parameters, as described in Creating virtual machines.

   

4. Click Deploy.

The new virtual machine will appear on the Compute > Virtual machines > Virtual machines screen.

Command-line interface

Use the following command:

vinfra service compute server create [--description <description>]
                                     [--metadata <metadata>]
                                     [--user-data <user-data>]
                                     [--key-name <key-name>]
                                     [--config-drive] [--count <count>]
                                     [--ha-enabled {true,false}]
                                     [--placements <placements>]
                                     [--allow-live-resize] [--uefi]
                                     --network id|<id=id[,key=value,…]>
                                     --volume <source=source
                                     [,key=value,…]>
                                     --flavor <flavor> <server-name>

--description <description>

Virtual machine description

A description should not contain any personally identifiable information or sensitive business data.

--metadata <metadata>

Virtual machine metadata

--user-data <user-data>

User data file

--key-name <key-name>

Key pair to inject

--config-drive

Use an ephemeral drive

--count <count>

If count is specified and greater than 1, the name argument is treated as a naming pattern.

--ha-enabled {true,false}

Enable or disable HA for the virtual machine.

--placements <placements>

Names or IDs of placements to add the virtual machine to.

--allow-live-resize

Allow online resize for the virtual machine.

--uefi

Allow UEFI boot for the virtual machine. This option can be used for VMs created from ISO images.

--network id|<id=id[,key=value,…]>

Create a virtual machine with a specified network. Specify this option multiple times to create multiple networks.

• id: attach network interface to a specified network (ID or name)
• comma-separated key=value pairs with keys (optional):
  • mac: MAC address for network interface
  • fixed-ip: fixed IP address or None to automatically allocate an IP address. This option can be used multiple times.
  • spoofing-protection-enable: enable spoofing protection for network interface
  • spoofing-protection-disable: disable spoofing protection for network interface
  • security-group: security group ID or name. This option can be used multiple times.
  • no-security-group: do not use a security group

--volume <source=backup,id=<id>[,storage-policy=<storage-policy>]>

Restore a virtual machine from a backup. Specify this option multiple times to create multiple volumes.

• source: the backup source type
• comma-separated key=value pairs with keys:
  • id: backup ID
  • storage-policy: block device storage policy (optional)

--flavor <flavor>

Flavor ID or name

<server-name>

A new name for the virtual machine

For example, to restore the virtual machine myvm from the backup with the ID c04ac70b-a436-4271-be1e-b7a93189b44f and the flavor tiny, connect it to the virtual network private with the fixed IP address 192.168.128.200, run:

# vinfra service compute server create myvm --network id=private,fixed-ip=192.168.128.200 \
--volume source=backup,id=c04ac70b-a436-4271-be1e-b7a93189b44f,size=1 --flavor tiny