Steps to Restore Azure VM

In this blog, we will show you the Steps to Restore Azure VM through the portal.

REQUIREMENTS

• Azure Subscription
• Azure VM Backup

BACKUP OVERVIEW

• We have already configured backup for an Azure VM for this demo.

• For more information to know about Azure VM backup, please check the below link.

https://blog.assistanz.com/steps-to-backup-azure-vm/

DELETING VM

• We are deleting the VM named az-vm-01 for demo purpose.

RESTORING THE VM

• Open the Recovery Services vaults from the services list.

• Click on the backup vault name.

• From the backup vault properties, select the backup items button.

• Click on Azure Virtual Machine under backup management type.

• Select the virtual machine name from the list.

• In the next window, click on Restore VM button.

• We use the Application Consistent restore point for this virtual machine.

• Under Restore configuration, we need to provide the VM details like VM name, Resource group, virtual network, subnet & Storage account.

• Select the Restore button to start the restore process for az-vm-01 VM.

• We can check the restore job through jobs link from the backup vault properties.

• After several minutes restore job is completed successfully.

VERIFICATION

• Go-to Virtual machines link and you will able to see the VM was restored from the backup.

• Able to access the VM using RDP.

VIDEO

Thanks for reading this blog. We hope it was useful for you to learn about restore process of a VM in Azure.