Instant Backup & Recovery allows you to back up and restore entire virtual machines or individual files within seconds.
Thanks to its Reflink technology, recovery images are created with minimal space consumption and no impact on system performance.
Unlike traditional snapshots using VMDK or VHD files, Instant Backup & Recovery creates backup images that are completely independent of the original VM. This means you get all the benefits of snapshots without any performance impact on the running VM. Additionally, snapshot consolidation is no longer necessary.
Main Benefits
- Minimal storage usage – Backups consume minimal additional space.
- Fast backup and recovery – Both operations take only a few seconds.
- Granular file recovery – Recover individual files from a VM without restoring the entire system.
Creating a Backup (Recovery Image)
You can choose to schedule backups for automated protection or create individual backups on demand. Click “Create Backup Plan” to define a scheduled backup.
Recovery Options
Instant Backup & Recovery allows you to restore an entire VM or specific files quickly and efficiently.
Restore an Entire Virtual Machine
The existing VM will be completely replaced with the selected backup version.
Restore Individual Files
For file-level recovery, simply connect to the recovery folder via SMB and retrieve specific files from the VM backup. (In this example, a Windows VM.)
Note: Instant Backup & Recovery is ideal for fast data recovery. However, since the backups reside on the same drive as your VMs, we strongly recommend creating additional backups—for example, using VM Network Backup to a NAS server for long-term protection.