Viewing virtual machine details

You can view detailed information about virtual machines in the Details section of the Virtual Machines panel.

To access the Virtual Machines panel, in the navigation pane, click  Virtual Machines.

Procedure

In the Virtual Machines panel, click the virtual machine whose details you want to view. The Details section appears at the bottom of the screen.

n Note  The Details section appears only if you click a virtual machine. Selecting the check box before the name of the virtual machine will not open the Details section.

VM information Description
Details

Detailed information about the selected virtual machine such as its UUID, type, operating system, and so on.
Restore point

Detailed information about the restore point:

  • Date and time the restore point was created.

  • Available tiers from which you can restore data:

    • Snapshot: Available if a virtual machine snapshot exists, enabling a faster restore.

    • Backup: Available if backup data is stored on a target.

    • Copy: Available if a copy of backup data was created.

    • Data archive: Available if a data archive was created.

    • Catalog: Available if the restore of individual files was enabled.

    n Note  Only if you excluded individual disks from the backup. The restore point does not include the backup data of the entire virtual machine.
Compliance

Compliance status of the backup:

  • Success. The backup is compliant (the RPO setting in the policy assigned to the virtual machine was met).

  • Failure: The backup is not compliant (the RPO setting in the policy assigned to the virtual machine was not met).

  • Undefined:  Backup compliance is undefined.

By pausing on the compliance status indicated by an icon, additional information about the backup is available. You can see backup frequency and the elapsed time since the last successful backup.
Backup status

Backup status of the virtual machine. For details, see “Viewing the backup status of virtual machines”.
Restore status

Progress bar indicating the progress of the virtual machine restore.

n Note  By double-clicking a progress bar, you are directed to the Tasks panel where you can check details about the related task.

Viewing the backup status of virtual machines

The backup status of your virtual machine determines whether it is possible to restore it.

Backup status

Restore a VM or disks?

 Restore files?
Done

h

h
Done with warnings ha h

Done with errors

ha

x

Failed

x

x

Aborted

x

x

(Expired / Inaccessible on Azure / Deleted from Azure)

x

x

a This backup status may indicate the following:

  • Not all virtual machine disks were backed up successfully, therefore the virtual machine can be restored only partially. If backing up a boot disk failed, you may not be able to start the virtual machine after the restore.
  • Creating a copy of backup data failed. However, the virtual machine can still be fully restored from the backup or the data archive (if it exists).

n Note  By pausing on the backup status indicated by an icon, additional information about the backup is available. You can see the backup type, the duration and size of the backup, which target was used, and the backup ID.

Tier statuses

Tier labels may be visually marked to represent backup statuses of individual tiers. These statuses define whether it is possible to restore a virtual machine. The following is an example of possible marks:

Tier status Restore a virtual machine?
(Done)

h

(Done with warnings or Done with errors)

h

For details on what data can be restored if one of these backup statuses is shown, see “Viewing the backup status of virtual machines”.

(Failed)

x

(Aborted)

x

 (Expired)

x

(Inaccessible on Azure / Deleted from Azure)

x