Linux file level restore (Workaround) (4369406)

Linux file level restore (Workaround)

Sometimes customer may require to mount a Linux recovery point but somehow Linux LMU fails to mount it or he's trying to mount an agentless Linux recovery points.  On those situations customer has the workaround described below.

When file level restore from Linux server recovery points is required, sometimes workaround may be needed to mount the recovery point like:
1. When the Linux LMU may fail 
2. Customer prefer to restore from a Windows server.
3. If the recovery point is agentless.

Option A: With 3rd party software
Install one of the following 3rd party software's to make Windows compatible with Linux Filesystem
 
RECOMMENDED:
Option 1: Drivers (Free): https://sourceforge.net/projects/ext2fsd/files/Ext2fsd/0.69/Ext2Fsd-0.69.1039-02.22.exe/download
This option provide Windows native compatibility with ext2, ext3 and ext4 only.  Fast options to restore larger amount of data.
 
Option 2: Linux Reader (Paid): https://www.diskinternals.com/linux-reader/
This software requires to index all the files first and allow to save locally, use a volume to restore to or upload it to an ftp server.  The indexing process may take several minutes depending of the amount of data  to restore.
 
Linux Reader™ Specifications

• Ext2/3/4
• ReiserFS, Reiser4
• HFS, HFS+(reader)
• FAT, exFAT
• NTFS, ReFS
• UFS2
• RomFS(reader)
• RAID 0, 1, 4, 5, 50, 10, and JBOD
• APFS (reader mode)
• ZFS (preview only*)
• XFS (preview only*)
• Hikvision NAS and DVR (preview only*)

 
Linux Reader Pro™ Specifications

• ZFS
• Encrypted APFS
• XFS
• Hikvision NAS and DVR
• Encrypted BitLocker disks

 
ADDITIONAL:
Option 3: Ext2Read: https://sourceforge.net/projects/ext2read/
Option 4: https://www.paragon-software.com/es/home/linuxfs-windows/
 
Note: Recovery point must be mounted as writable and use WinSCP to make a SFTP session to the Linux server you need to restore to and transfer the files from the recovery point: https://winscp.net/eng/download.php
 
 
Option B: Via CIFS
The recovery point must be mounted as a shared drive and as writable.
 

1. Install Samba client and other related libraries on your Linux computer:

sudo yum -y install samba-client samba-common cifs-utils
 

1. Create mount point (Mounpooint path may change according to your preferences):

sudo mkdir -p /mnt/mountpoint
 

1. Check connection to Windows server (Change "window_server" by the Windows server IP address and "user_name" by user account with full rights over the shared folder):

smbclient -L //window_server -U user_name
 
Note: add -W parameter to add the domain.
 

1. Mount the shared folder in to the mountpoint:

mount -t cifs //window_server/shared_folder /mnt/mountpoint/ -o user=user_name,sec=ntlm,vers=1.0
 
Or
 
mount -t cifs //window_server/shared_folder /mnt/mountpoint/ -o user=user_name,sec=ntlmssp,vers=2.0
 

1. Umount the share folder from the mountpoint:

umount /mnt/mountpoint/
 
 
Option C: Via Rapid Recovery Export
From the recovery point you need to restore from, perform a "One time export" from the volume you need to restore from then attach the virtual disk to an existing Linux machine.

Note: If additional technical assistance is required regarding this article, please contact Marcio Ramos (marcio.ramos.coral@quest.com) or Saul Greco (saul.greco@quest.com).