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note on tag restore behaviour and icons, tags not restored
Signed-off-by: Abhishek Kumar <abhishek.mrt22@gmail.com>
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jobs executed through Veeam.
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* Kubernetes cluster node instances cannot be backed up or restored.
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* Autoscale VM group instances cannot be backed up or restored.
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* The service account must have Root Admin privileges for restore operations to succeed.
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* The service account must have Root Admin privileges for restore operations
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to succeed.
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* Restore operations always result in **deployment of a new instance**
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rather than restoring an existing instance in place. The
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administrators must update the corresponding backup jobs for the new
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instance if needed.
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* During restore, it is recommended to not select the option to power on the instance
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immediately. This allows administrators to first verify the restored instance
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configuration and attach any missing networks before powering on.
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* During restore, it is recommended to not select the option to power on the
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instance immediately. This allows administrators to first verify the
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restored instance configuration and attach any missing networks before
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powering on.
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* When restore is done with the "Restore VM Tags" option enabled, only tags
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with the "veeam_tag" prefix are restored. Other tags are not restored
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because they are not accessible to Veeam. The key suffix after "veeam_tag"
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may differ from the original, but the tag value is preserved.
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* Certain configurations, such as affinity groups, host tags, and
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storage tags, are not followed during restore operations because host
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and storage selection is managed by Veeam.
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* Networking rules such as static NAT, port forwarding, etc for the
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restored instance are not applied during restore. Administrators must
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manually apply any necessary rules after restore completes.
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* Resource icons, resource tags (except those with the "veeam_tag" prefix),
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and other non-essential metadata are not preserved during backup and
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restore operations.
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* Operations on the instance and its volumes should not be performed
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during backup or restore. During backup, CloudStack attempts to queue
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such operations until the backup completes; however, if they cannot be

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