Symantec Backup Exec

Redirect VMware sets

Lets you set options to redirect data to the vCenter or ESX server.

Server logon account

Uses the default logon account that appears. You can select another logon account to use for the vCenter or ESX server to which you want to redirect data.

Change

Lets you select a different logon account to use for the vCenter or ESX server to which you want to redirect data.

Redirect to a different vCenter or ESX Server

Lets you set options to redirect VMware data to a different server.

vCenter and ESX Servers

Provides the name of the vCenter or ESX server to which you want to redirect data.

Browse vCenter and ESX servers for destination

Lets you select the virtual server on which you want to redirect data. You can use this option instead of typing the name of the server.

Data Center

Displays the name of the datacenter, or group of ESX servers.

Virtual machine Datastore

Displays the name of the storage location on the ESX server that is used to store the data.

Host or Cluster

Displays the name of the ESX server that will run the virtual machine after the restore job completes.

Virtual machine folder

Indicates the name of the existing vSphere folder to which you want to restore.

Resource pool

Indicates the name of the resource pool to which you want to restore.

New virtual machine name

Indicates the new virtual machine name.

You may want to provide a new virtual machine name if a virtual machine with the same name already exists on the server.

Use the original disk datastore selections if available on the selected host

Uses the original datastore selections on the virtual server. If the original datastore selections do not exist, then the datastore selections from the backup data are used.

Choose a network

Indicates the network for the virtual machine to use after the restore job completes.

Restore virtual machine with VMware virtual hardware version 7

Restores the virtual machine with VMware hardware version 7. Selecting this option causes jobs to fail when you restore to VMware ESX Server version 3.5.

Restore with thin provisioning

Restores the virtual machine with thin provisioning. Thin provisioning can help you more efficiently dedicate storage capacity in your VMware ESX Server version 4.0 environment. Selecting this option causes jobs to fail when you restore to VMware ESX Server version 3.5.

Redirect to a folder

Lets you restore data to a folder without restoring it to the ESX server. When the restore job completes, the folder contains all of the .vmdk files for the virtual machine.

Restore to drive

Indicates the drive where the folder is located.

Restore to path

Indicates the path where the folder is located.