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NetVault Plug-in for VMware 10.5 - User Guide

Introduction Installing the plug-in Configuring the plug-in Defining a backup strategy Using the image-level backup method Using the file-level backup method Restoring image-level backups Restoring file-level backups Troubleshooting

Performing file-level restores from image‑level backups

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In the Navigation pane, click Create Restore Job.
On the Create Restore Job — Choose Saveset page, the saveset table provides a list of available savesets. The table shows the saveset name (Job Title and Saveset ID), creation date and time, and saveset size.
Click the Client box, and in the Choose Client dialog box, select the clients. Click OK to close the dialog box.
Click the Plugin Type box, and in the list, select the plug-in.
Click the Date box, and in the list, select the option that you want to use. The available options are Last 24 hours, Last Week, Last Month, Last 6 Months, Last Year, and Any.
Click the Job box, and in the Choose Job dialog box, select the jobs. Click OK to close the dialog box.
When you select a saveset, the following details are displayed in the Saveset Information area: Job ID, Job Title, tag, server name, client name, plug-in name, saveset date and time, retirement setting, Incremental Backup or not, Archive or not, and saveset size.
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On the Create Selection Set page, open the applicable container nodes (that is, the vCenter, Datacenter, ESX Host Cluster, and ESX Server) to list the virtual machine images stored in the saveset.
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Open the image from which you want to restore the files. Open the Volumes node, and then open the disk partitions to display the directory tree.
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Click Edit Plugin Options, and in the Plug-in for VMware Restore Options dialog box, configure the following settings.
NOTE: After selecting the individual files and directories under the Volumes node, if you do not select this option, the job fails.
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Click Save to save the settings, and then click Next.
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In Job Name, specify a name for the job. Assign a descriptive name that allows you to easily identify the job for monitoring its progress.
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In the Target Client list, the client from which data was backed up is selected by default. Do not change this setting.
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Click Submit to submit the job for scheduling.
You can monitor the job progress from the Job Status page and view the logs from the View Logs page. For more information about these functions, see the Dell NetVault Backup Administrator’s Guide.

Restore selection tree icons

Restoring virtual machine disk and configuration files

Restoring data

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In the Navigation pane, click Create Restore Job.
On the Create Restore Job — Choose Saveset page, the saveset table provides a list of available savesets. The table shows the saveset name (Job Title and Saveset ID), creation date and time, and saveset size.
Click the Client box, and in the Choose Client dialog box, select the clients. Click OK to close the dialog box.
Click the Plugin Type box, and in the list, select the plug-in.
Click the Date box, and in the list, select the option that you want to use. The available options are Last 24 hours, Last Week, Last Month, Last 6 Months, Last Year, and Any.
Click the Job box, and in the Choose Job dialog box, select the jobs. Click OK to close the dialog box.
When you select a saveset, the following details are displayed in the Saveset Information area: Job ID, Job Title, tag, server name, client name, plug-in name, saveset date and time, retirement setting, Incremental Backup or not, Archive or not, and saveset size.
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On the Create Selection Set page, select the image from which you want to restore the disk and configuration files.
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Click Edit Plugin Options, and in the Plug-in for VMware Restore Options dialog box, configure the following settings.
NOTE: After selecting the individual files and directories under the Volumes node, if you do not select this option, the job fails.
This option can be used when restoring virtual disk files to the local file system. If the check box is selected, the plug-in splits the “.vmdk” file into 2GiB files. If you clear the check box, the plug-in restores the “.vmdk” file is as a single disk file.
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Open the vmware.cfg file in any text editor. You can find this file in <NetVault Backup home>\config on Windows and <NetVault Backup home>/config on Linux.
The setting for this option in the Plug-in for VMware Restore Options dialog box overrides the setting in the vmware.cfg file.
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Click Save to save the settings, and then click Next.
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In Job Name, specify a name for the job. Assign a descriptive name that allows you to easily identify the job for monitoring its progress.
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In the Target Client list, the client from which data was backed up is selected by default. Do not change this setting.
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Click Submit to submit the job for scheduling.
You can monitor the job progress from the Job Status page and view the logs from the View Logs page. For more information about these functions, see the Dell NetVault Backup Administrator’s Guide.
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