Restore Azure VM
Restore options
There are multiple ways your can restore a VM, and they include:
- Create a new VM - creates a VM from a restore point
- Replace existing - restore a disk and use it to replace a disk on an existing VM
- Restore disk - restores a disk from a VM, which can be used to create a new VM
- Cross Region - restore a VM in a second region
Restoring a VM
- Logon to the Azure Portal
- Browse to Backup center and click Restore from the Overview tab
- Select Azure Virtual machine as a Datasource type and then select a backup instance
- Choose a VM you want to restore and click Continue
- Select the Restore point
- Select the Restore Configuration option you would like, given teh above restore options
Restoring option: Creating a new VM
Fill out the options as below
- Restore type: Create new virtual machine
- Virtual machine name: restore-vm-new-name
- Resource group: existing-resource-group
- Virtual network: existing-resource-group-vnet
- Subnet: default
- Staging location: testresourcegroup (StandardLRS)
Restoring option: Restore disk
Fill out the options as below
- Restore type: Create new virtual machine
- Virtual machine name: restore-vm-new-name
- Resource group: new-resource-group
- Virtual network: new-resource-group-vnet
- Subnet: default
- Staging location: teststaging (StandardLRS)
Restoring option: Replace existing disk
Fill out the options as below
- Restore Configuration: Replace existing
- Restore Type: Replace Disk(s)
- Staging location: teststaging (StandardLRS)
Restoring option: Cross Region restore
- From the Azure portal browse to Recovery Service vault > Backup items
- Select Secondary Region
- From here you can choose to Create a new VM, Restore disk or Replace existing disk
- For the instructions, just follow the above steps.