8.2. Restoring a Virtual Machine

Procedure 8.2. Restoring a Virtual Machine

1. Attach the disk to the backup virtual machine:

   POST /ovirt-engine/api/vms/22222222-2222-2222-2222-222222222222/disks/ HTTP/1.1
   Accept: application/xml
   Content-type: application/xml
   
   <disk id="11111111-1111-1111-1111-111111111111">
   </disk>
   

2. Use the backup software to restore the backup to the disk.
3. Detach the disk from the backup virtual machine:

   DELETE /ovirt-engine/api/vms/22222222-2222-2222-2222-222222222222/disks/11111111-1111-1111-1111-111111111111 HTTP/1.1
   Accept: application/xml
   Content-type: application/xml
   
   <action>
       <detach>true</detach>
   </action>
   

4. Create a new virtual machine using the configuration data of the virtual machine being restored:

   POST /ovirt-engine/api/vms/ HTTP/1.1
   Accept: application/xml
   Content-type: application/xml
   
   <vm>
       <cluster>
           <name>cluster_name</name>
       </cluster>
       <name>NAME</name>
       ...
   </vm>

5. Attach the disk to the new virtual machine:

   POST /ovirt-engine/api/vms/33333333-3333-3333-3333-333333333333/disks/ HTTP/1.1
   Accept: application/xml
   Content-type: application/xml
   
   <disk id="11111111-1111-1111-1111-111111111111">
   </disk>