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Netapp VSC Restore virtual machine script

Alessio_LUX — Thu, 05 Jun 2025 04:51:25 GMT

Hello,

anybody knows where is possible to see the script about restoring virtual machine in VSC ?

i need to see the steps that the script follow when a restore virtual machine is requested by user .

Regards,

Alessio

Re: Netapp VSC Restore virtual machine script

YIshikawa — Mon, 16 Mar 2015 15:54:36 GMT

HI, Alessio!

You can restore VM by "smvi backup restore" command. Usage and example is detailed in guide as below.
I hope this helps.

https://library.netapp.com/ecmdocs/ECMP1392339/html/GUID-621C4F11-A03E-467A-8047-FFF801FB38E5.html

Re: Netapp VSC Restore virtual machine script

Alessio_LUX — Wed, 18 Mar 2015 07:55:59 GMT

Hello,

thanks for info but i'm looking for the exactly step that restore perform when you ask to restore a virtual machine.

When you perform a restore VM from a backup in VSC GUI you can see several task under "tasks Vmware".

Is it possible in your opinion to know which are the exactly step that a restore do ?

(clone datastore, mount, registered old vm, register new one,,,, etc etc etc )

regards,

Alessio

Re: Netapp VSC Restore virtual machine script

YIshikawa — Wed, 18 Mar 2015 09:52:19 GMT

Sorry, I misunderstood your first post. What you want to know is what VSC do inside when user initiate restore. Right?

At VM task level, you can check tasks in "Tasks & Events" tab for vCenter.
Or, you may get more detail from vpxd.log - but it is hard to read.
http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1021804

On VSC side, VSC operation is logged in C:\Program Files\NetApp\Virtual Storage Console\smvi\server\log\server.log