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mk128935
Level 5
6 years ago

BE Instant Recovery

I'm trying to run BE instant recovery from a VM backup taken via virtual-based, agentless backup method (VADP). No Windows agent installed in the VM. But I can't seem to enable instant recovery when ...
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Windows Server 2016
  • pkh's avatar
    pkh
    6 years ago

    The agent is necessary so that BE can talk to the recovered VM and discover its state.

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Colin_Weaver
Moderator
6 years ago

You don't state if this is Vmware or Hyper-V (some of the requirements are different).

You also do not state what type of storage the backup set has been written to.

 

One common requirement for both techologies however is that you must use standard (non-removable) Disk Storage (B2D) and a GRT backup is required. Did you backup meet both of these requirements?

 

BTW the requirements are in the admin guide (in both the Hyper-V and VMware sections for Instant Recovery)

 

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    mk128935
    Level 5
    6 years ago

    Thanks. Yes, I checked the admin guide. The environment is VMware. B2D was used and GRT backup was enabled (though backed up the VM via VADP - backing up vmdk). Anyway, I'll retry this again.

    • pkh's avatar
      pkh
      Moderator
      6 years ago

      The agent is necessary so that BE can talk to the recovered VM and discover its state.