# Restoring an Instance to a Checkpoint

This guide will cover Restoring an Instance of a Virtual Machine to a Checkpoint

##### **Restoring an Instance to a Checkpoint**

1. **Navigate to the Tenant Portal**  
    Navigate to [https://tenant.enseva.com](https://tenant.enseva.com) and enter your login credentials, then sign into your account.  
    For the purposes of this tutorial, we already have a virtual machine created with the friendly name of 'vm\_test'  
      
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2. **Select Virtual Machine**  
    Click on the virtual machine's name in which you want to create a checkpoint, this will bring you to the vm's dashboard.  
      
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3. **Select Checkpoints**  
    From the dashboard, select checkpoints near the top of the page.   
    For the purposes of this tutorial, we already have a checkpoint created with the friendly name of 'checkpoint\_one'  
      
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4. **Select Restore**  
    Select the checkpoint that you would like to restore to, then click the 'Restore' button towards the bottom of the page.  
      
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5. **Confirm Restore**  
    A pop-up bar will appear towards the bottom of the screen asking you to confirm your decision, select 'Yes'  
      
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6. **Verify Restore Process**  
    A pop-up bar towards the bottom of the screen will indicate that the checkpoint is being restored, wait for the operation to complete.  
      
    Once the restore has finished you will see a message indicating 'Successfully restored the checkpoint 'checkpoint' for the virtual machine 'virtual\_machine'  
      
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