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NetBackup™ Security and Encryption Guide

Last Published: 2023-03-31

Product(s): NetBackup (10.2)

Recover a VMware asset affected by malware

By default during recovery, NetBackup only displays the recovery points that are scanned and free from malware.

To restore from malware-affected recovery points, you must have the Administrator role or equivalent RBAC permissions. To recover a VMware asset that is affected by malware, see the following topic:

See Recover from malware-affected images (clients protected by policies) .

To recover a VMware asset affected by malware

On left, click VMware > Virtual machine.
Locate the VM and click Actions > Recover.
On the Recovery points tab you can see Malware scan status of each recovery point, as follows:
- Not scanned
- Not infected
- Infected
- Failed
Select the recovery point.
Select Allow the selection of recovery of points that are malware-affected. This option only displays if there are recovery points that contain malware-affected images.
Note:
To restore from malware-affected recovery points, you must have the Administrator role or equivalent RBAC permissions.
Click Recover and select the type of recovery. Then follow the prompts.
For more details on recovering a VM, see the NetBackup Web UI VMware Administrator's Guide.