You can use a vSAN snapshot to restore a VM to its previous state preserved by the snapshot.

When you restore a VM from a vSAN snapshot, vSAN replaces the current VM with the snapshot VM. You can restore a deleted VM that has snapshots available.

Procedure

  1. Right-click a VM in the vSphere Client, and select menu Snapshots > vSAN Data Protection > Snapshot Management.
    To find snapshots for a removed or deleted VM, go to the Configure > vSAN > Data Protection page, click the VMs tab, and click Removed VMs.
  2. Select a snapshot from the list, and click Restore VM.
  3. On the Restore dialog, click Restore to perform the operation.

    The VM is powered off, and a new snapshot is created to capture the current state of the VM, so you can revert to it if necessary.

Results

The VM is restored to the previous state specified by the snapshot.