The image-level backups can be used to perform the following types of restores:
• |
Recover a full virtual machine or specific virtual drives: You can use image-level backups to recover a full virtual machine to a previous known state or to restore one or more virtual drives 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 VMware ESXi Server Host or VMware vCenter Server. |
• |
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. File-level indexing is disabled by default. |
• |
Windows: NTFS |
• |
Linux and UNIX: EXT2, EXT3, EXT4, XFS v2, XFS v3 |
• |
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 lets you create a virtual machine using existing “.vmdk” files. |
Before you start the restore procedure, verify that the following requirements are met:
1 |
Start the diskpart utility, and list the disks: |
3 |
If the read-only attribute is set to Yes, type: |
To restore a full virtual machine or individual virtual drives, use the following procedure.
1 |
In the Navigation pane, click Create Restore Job. |
Displays savesets created for particular clients. The default selection is Any.
| |||||
Displays savesets created using a particular plug-in. The default selection is Any.
| |||||
Displays savesets created during a specified period. The default selection is Any.
| |||||
Displays savesets created for particular jobs. The default selection is Any.
|
4 |
On the Create Selection Set page, select the images that you want to restore. |
5 |
Click . |
6 |
Depending on your VMware environment, configure the applicable options in the Plug‑in for VMware Restore Options dialog box. |
• |
Cluster setup: In a cluster setup managed by a VMware vCenter Server, configure the following options on the Restore virtual machine to vCenter tab. |
Here, Pool<n> is the target resource pool, Pool-A is the child of the root resource pool, Pool-B is the child of Pool-A, and so on. This format allows you to specify a resource pool at any arbitrary depth within the hierarchy. To allocate the virtual machine to the root resource pool, type the “/” character. | |
• |
Standalone ESXi Server setup: In a standalone ESXi Server setup, click the Restore virtual machine to standalone ESXi host tab, and configure the following options. |
To change the datastore for a virtual machine, specify the destination datastore name for the virtual machine. For more information about this option, see Alternate Datastore. |
• |
Delete existing virtual machine: If you are restoring a virtual machine to its original location, you have two options: delete the existing virtual machine and let the restore process re-create it, or let the restore process overwrite existing “.vmdk” file. If you want to delete the existing virtual machine and let the restore process re-create it, click the General Options tab, and select the Delete Existing VM option. |
• |
Power On VM: To enable power to the virtual machine after a restore is successfully completed, click the General Options tab, and select the Power On VM option. If you are restoring the virtual machine to its original name and location, the plug-in does not support changing the datastore. If you are renaming the virtual machine as described in Renaming a virtual machine during restore, you can specify the same vCenter Server, an alternate vCenter Server, or a standalone ESXi Server. |
• |
Disable distribution of restore job to other VMware Backup proxy: If you configured your environment to use the Distributed Jobs feature, select this check box on the General Options tab to turn off the feature for a specific job. This option is disabled by default. |
• |
Enable Job Level Transport Mode: If you are using the Distributed Jobs feature and you want to set the transport mode manually at the job level, select this option, and then select the applicable Primary Transport Mode and Fallback Transport Mode. |
7 |
8 |
In Job Name, specify a name for the job. |
9 |
In the Target Client list, verify that the client from which data was backed up is selected. |
11 |
© 2024 Quest Software Inc. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Terms of Use Privacy Cookie Preference Center