Recovery Services vault RSV1 keeps instant snapshots for 5 days and daily backups for 14 days. RSV1 performs daily backups of VM1. VM1 hosts a static website last updated eight days ago. To recover VM1 to the state from eight days ago while minimizing downtime, what should you do first?

To recover VM1 to its state from eight days ago while minimizing downtime, you should first restore VM1 using the "Create new restore configuration" option. This creates a new virtual machine from the backup, allowing you to verify its functionality before potentially redirecting traffic. The original VM1 remains operational during this process, minimizing service interruption. Restoring with "Replace existing restore configuration" would overwrite the current VM1, causing downtime during the restoration. Deallocating VM1 is not necessary as the "Create new" option works independently. Deleting VM1 would result in data loss and is not a recovery step.