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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

To perform file-level restores from image-level backups
1
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.
The list is sorted alphabetically by saveset name. You can sort the list by a different column or reverse the sort order by clicking the column heading. The arrowhead next to the column name indicates the sort order.
2
To filter the saveset list, you can use the following filter options.
 
Table 5. Saveset filters
Filter
Description
Client
Displays savesets created for particular clients.
To use this filter
•
Click the Client box, and in the Choose Client dialog box, select the clients. Click OK to close the dialog box.
The default selection is Any.
Plugin Type
Displays savesets created using a particular plug-in.
To use this filter
•
Click the Plugin Type box, and in the list, select the plug-in.
The default selection is Any.
Date
Displays savesets created during a specified period.
To use this filter
•
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.
The default selection is Any.
Job
Displays savesets created for particular job IDs.
To use this filter
•
Click the Job box, and in the Choose Job dialog box, select the jobs. Click OK to close the dialog box.
The default selection is Any.
3
Select the saveset that you want to use, and click Next.
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.
4
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.
5
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.
6
Select the files and directories that you want to restore.
7
Click Edit Plugin Options, and in the Plug-in for VMware Restore Options dialog box, configure the following settings.
 
Table 6. Options for file-level restores from image-level backups
Option
Description
Restore Files from Backup
To perform file-level restores from image-level backups, select this option.
NOTE: After selecting the individual files and directories under the Volumes node, if you do not select this option, the job fails.
Target Directory
Type the full path to the directory to which you want to restore the virtual machine disk and configuration files. The target directory must be local to the NetVault Backup Client on which the Plug‑in for VMware is running. Currently, mapped network drives, mounted network shares, and UNC paths are not supported.
The plug-in does not check if you have specified a local or remote directory. If plug-in cannot access the specified path, the job fails.
8
Click Save to save the settings, and then click Next.
9
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.
A job name can contain alphanumeric and non-alphanumeric characters, but it cannot contain non-Latin characters. There is no length restriction. However, a maximum of 40 characters is recommended on all platforms
10
In the Target Client list, the client from which data was backed up is selected by default. Do not change this setting.
11
Select or create the Schedule Set, Restore Source Set, and Advanced Options Set. For more information about these sets, see the Dell NetVault Backup Administrator’s Guide.
12
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

 
Table 7. Restore selection tree icons
Icon
Description
Virtual machine
Failed virtual machine (appears in a saveset for stopped job)
Volume
Partition
Configuration file
NVRAM file
Virtual machine disk file
Disk extent information file
Log file
Catalog file

Restoring virtual machine disk and configuration files

The procedure for restoring virtual machine disk and configuration files from an image-level backup includes the steps outlined in the following sections:
•
Restoring data
•
Recovering a virtual machine from the restored files

Restoring data

To restore virtual machine disk and configuration files
1
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.
The list is sorted alphabetically by saveset name. You can sort the list by a different column or reverse the sort order by clicking the column heading. The arrowhead next to the column name indicates the sort order.
2
To filter the saveset list, you can use the following filter options.
 
Table 8. Saveset filters
Filter
Description
Client
Displays savesets created for particular clients.
To use this filter
•
Click the Client box, and in the Choose Client dialog box, select the clients. Click OK to close the dialog box.
The default selection is Any.
Plugin Type
Displays savesets created using a particular plug-in.
To use this filter
•
Click the Plugin Type box, and in the list, select the plug-in.
The default selection is Any.
Date
Displays savesets created during a specified period.
To use this filter
•
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.
The default selection is Any.
Job
Displays savesets created for particular job IDs.
To use this filter
•
Click the Job box, and in the Choose Job dialog box, select the jobs. Click OK to close the dialog box.
The default selection is Any.
3
Select the saveset that you want to use, and click Next.
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.
4
On the Create Selection Set page, select the image from which you want to restore the disk and configuration files.
5
Click Edit Plugin Options, and in the Plug-in for VMware Restore Options dialog box, configure the following settings.
 
Table 9. Options for restoring virtual machine disk and configuration files from image-level backups
Option
Description
Restore Files from Backup
To perform file-level restores from image-level backups, select this option.
NOTE: After selecting the individual files and directories under the Volumes node, if you do not select this option, the job fails.
Target Directory
Type the full path to the directory to which you want to restore the virtual machine disk and configuration files. The target directory must be local to the NetVault Backup Client on which the Plug‑in for VMware is running. Currently, mapped network drives, mounted network shares, and UNC paths are not supported.
The plug-in does not check if you have specified a local or remote directory. If plug-in cannot access the specified path, the job fails.
Split Restored Virtual Disks
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.
This option is only available to backups created using Plug‑in for VMware 10.0.5 and later. To force this behavior when restoring a backup created using Plug‑in for VMware 10.0.1 or an older version, configure this option in the vmware.cfg file:
1
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.
2
Add the following lines:
[Custom:RestoreSplitVMDK]
Value=TRUE
3
Save the file.
The setting for this option in the Plug-in for VMware Restore Options dialog box overrides the setting in the vmware.cfg file.
6
Click Save to save the settings, and then click Next.
7
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.
A job name can contain alphanumeric and non-alphanumeric characters, but it cannot contain non-Latin characters. There is no length restriction. However, a maximum of 40 characters is recommended on all platforms
8
In the Target Client list, the client from which data was backed up is selected by default. Do not change this setting.
9
Select or create the Schedule Set, Restore Source Set, and Advanced Options Set. For more information about these sets, see the Dell NetVault Backup Administrator’s Guide.
10
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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