About Restoring VMware QuickSpin Backups

VMware QuickSpin restores are speedy because the recovery VMs are standing by locally at the customer’s site, ready to be started to replace their disabled production counterparts.

VMware QuickSpin creates a recovery VM on a local vCenter/ESXi host. In addition, with VMware QuickSpin, you can create and update a recovery VM on a host that is in a cluster. See VMware Clusters for more information.

VMware QuickSpin allows you to select VMs running on supported managed and unmanaged ESXi hosts to back up to the customer’s local vault, to the cloud, or both.

A VM cannot be part of more than one VMware Standard backup set or more than one QuickSpin backup at a time. However, a VM can be part of a VMware Standard and a VMware QuickSpin backup set simultaneously.

VMware QuickSpin Recovery Types

While performing the restore procedure, you are prompted to select how to verify and recover your data to the restore destination. The following options are provided:

• Sandboxed Test Recovery

• Production Recovery

Sandboxed Test Recovery is a non-destructive means for you to verify the integrity of your backed-up VMs without affecting normal business operation. Your production VMs remain powered on and operational. The selected recovery VMs are powered on within an isolated VLAN.

Production Recovery performs an instant recovery of your production VMs with selected recovery VMs. If the production VM is still running, it is shut down before powering up the recovery VMs.