vSphere Plugin: Recovering a Deleted vVol VM that has been eradicated with the Everpure vSphere Plugin - PiT VM Undelete

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In this example, the VMs have been powered off and Deleted from Disk. Two of the VMs have additionally been eradicated from the array. The workflow shown below is selecting a specific array protection group snapshot to recover (Undelete) the eradicated VMs from.

  1. Similar to the standard VM Undelete process, but instead of choosing a VM that is pending eradication on the array, select a VM that has been eradicated. In the example the VM c08-17-vvol-vm-02 is selected

  2. Now the sources will show each array protection group snapshot that includes all vVols for that VM

  3. After a source is selected click next, then select the compute desired and click next

  4. Review the details and then click Finish

  5. After the VM is recovered, confirm that the VM looks healthy and then the VM can be powered on and verified
  6. As with the standard Undelete process, the policy association is lost in vSphere when the VM is deleted. Ensure that the storage policy is reapplied to the VM to ensure that protection is still applied.