Backup Verification Report

The Backup Verification Report indicates whether Windows VMs can be restored from vSphere backups. This report is available in Portal version 9.00 or later.

The report shows the results of backup verification processes, available with vSphere Recovery Agent (VRA) version 9.00 or later. When backup verification settings are entered for a VRA and backup verification is enabled for a vSphere backup job, the VRA backs up VMs in the job and then checks whether each Windows VM can be restored from the backup. See Backup verification for vSphere VMs and vSphere Rapid VM Restore and backup verification requirements.

The following table lists and describes data columns that appear in the Backup Verification Report.

Backup Verification Report Data Column

Description

VM Name

Name of the VM that was backed up

Note: If a VM is included in multiple backup jobs where verification is enabled, the VM can appear multiple times in the report.

Note: vSphere allows two or more VMs in a vSphere environment to have the same name if each VM is located in its own folder. If multiple VMs have the same name, you cannot differentiate between the VMs in Portal or in the Backup Verification Report. Consider renaming the VMs in this case.

Site

Site of the VRA that backed up the VM

Computer

VRA that backed up the VM

Job

Name of the backup job

Verification Status

Indicates whether the VM was verified and can be restored from the backup. Possible values include:

  • Completed — The VM was verified and can be restored from the backup.

    To view a screenshot of the restored VM's login screen, click View in the Screenshot column.

  • Unsuccessful - Time Out — The VM backup could not be verified within 10 minutes. This can occur, for example, if the host specified in the VRA backup verification settings does not have sufficient memory or storage, if there is a heavy load on the vault, if the VM takes a long time to start, or if VMware Tools are not installed on the VM.

  • Unsuccessful (See logs) — The VM backup could not be verified. For more information, see the backup log.

    Note: Rarely, a Not Verified or Unknown status appears in the report. These statuses also indicate that the VM backup could not be verified.

If the VM backup could not be verified, you can run a Rapid VM Restore to determine whether the VM can be restored. See Restore a vSphere VM within minutes using Rapid VM Restore.

Note: The report only shows the most recent verification status for each VM in a backup job.

Backup Time

Date and time when the VM's backup was committed to the vault. This is the safeset with the VM that the VRA tried to verify.

Note: A vSphere backup job can contain multiple VMs.

Screenshot

For each VM with the Completed verification status, you can view a screenshot of the restored VM's login screen by clicking the View link in this column.

If the VM backup could not be verified, the value in the column is "Unavailable".