Hyper-V Rapid VM Restore requirements

Using Rapid VM Restore, you can restore a VM to a Hyper-V environment within minutes. You can then restore the VM permanently by migrating it to a permanent storage location in the Hyper-V environment. See Restore a Hyper-V VM within minutes using Rapid VM Restore and Migrate a Hyper-V VM restored using Rapid VM Restore to permanent storage.

Rapid VM Restores were introduced with Hyper-V Agent version 9.00, Portal version 8.89, and Director version 8.50.

To perform a Rapid VM Restore in a Hyper-V cluster:

• The Hyper-V Agent Management server must be joined to the same domain as the cluster.

• The vault must be installed locally (i.e., not on a cloud server or in a remote datacenter).

• The Rapid VM Restore feature must be enabled on the vault. This feature is enabled by default on Satellite vaults. If you have a local Base vault, you can enable the Rapid VM Restore feature by running a script. See Enable the Rapid VM Restore feature on a vault.

If these requirements are not met, Rapid VM Restore does not appear as a restore option in Portal.