8.2. Restoring a Virtual Machine

Restore a virtual machine that has been backed up using the backup and restore API. This procedure assumes you have a backup virtual machine on which the software used to manage the previous backup is installed.

Procedure 8.2. Restoring a Virtual Machine

  1. Attach the disk to the backup virtual machine: 
    POST /api/vms/22222222-2222-2222-2222-222222222222/disks/ HTTP/1.1
Accept: application/xml
Content-type: application/xml

<disk id="11111111-1111-1111-1111-111111111111">
</disk>
  2. Use the backup software to restore the backup to the disk.
  3. Detach the disk from the backup virtual machine: 
    DELETE /api/vms/22222222-2222-2222-2222-222222222222/disks/11111111-1111-1111-1111-111111111111 HTTP/1.1
Accept: application/xml
Content-type: application/xml

<action>
    <detach>true</detach>
</action>
  4. Create a new virtual machine using the configuration data of the virtual machine being restored: 
    POST /api/vms/ HTTP/1.1
Accept: application/xml
Content-type: application/xml

<vm>
    <cluster>
        <name>cluster_name</name>
    </cluster>
    <name>NAME</name>
    ...
</vm>
  5. Attach the disk to the new virtual machine: 
    POST /api/vms/33333333-3333-3333-3333-333333333333/disks/ HTTP/1.1
Accept: application/xml
Content-type: application/xml

<disk id="11111111-1111-1111-1111-111111111111">
</disk>
You have restored a virtual machine using a backup that was created using the backup and restore API.