Introduction
Installing the plug-in
About plug-in editions
Deploying the plug-in
Prerequisites
Installing the plug-in
Removing the plug-in
Configuring the plug-in
Adding a server
Configuring default settings
Configuring CBT
Defining a backup strategy
Using the image-level backup method
Using the file-level backup method
Restoring image-level backups
Enabling CBT on a virtual machine
Disabling CBT on a virtual machine
Manually disabling CBT on a virtual machine
Enabling virtual machine locking
Understanding backup consistency states
About restoring image-level backups
Restoring a full virtual machine or individual virtual disks
Using other restore procedures
Performing file-level restores from image‑level backups
Restoring virtual machine disk and configuration files
Using additional features available on the Choose Saveset page
Restoring file-level backups
About restoring file-level backups
Restoring file-level backups using shared network drives
Restoring file-level backups using the native Plug-in for FileSystem
Using additional features available on the Choose Saveset page
Troubleshooting
Restoring image-level backups
About restoring image-level backups
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Recover a full virtual machine or specific virtual disks: You can use image-level backups to recover a full virtual machine to a previous known state or to restore one or more virtual disks for a virtual machine. This method is useful when there is data loss due to hardware failure, data corruption, or accidental deletion of virtual machine disk files. The virtual machine can be restored to the same or an alternate ESX Server Host. |
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Restore individual files and directories: You can use image-level backups to restore individual files and folders. This method is useful when there is data loss due to user errors, data corruption, or accidental deletion of files. The individual files and directories can be restored to a specified directory on the NetVault Backup Client. |
 NOTE: To use an image-level backup for file-level restores, you must select the Perform File Level Indexing check box during backup. |
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Windows: NTFS |
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Linux and UNIX: EXT2, EXT3, EXT4 |
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Restore virtual machine disk and configuration files: You can use the image-level backups to restore the virtual machine disk and configuration files to a specified directory on the NetVault Backup Client. With these restored files, you can then recover a virtual machine with the same or modified settings using Virtual Infrastructure Client or any other utility that allows you to create a virtual machine using existing .vmdk files. |