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How to restore files and folders from an Agent less backup?
I have to restore files and folders from a VM backup that is backed up at image level using Avamar Proxy. This is a Damn Small Linux VM. Is it all based on the plug-in I covered while backing it up? When I tried to check the restore tab, I can only see at the disk level, nothing at the folder level. I enclosed a bit map.
Sandeep_Sinha
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November 9th, 2012 07:00
Hi Siva,
You can use mccli backup restore command to perform redirected restore of selected folders or files to a different virtual machine.
Plugin ID for Linux VMware file level restore is 1019 and for Linux VMware Image, its 1016
Sandeep_Sinha
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November 7th, 2012 05:00
Hi Siva,
Just wanted to make sure, you clicked the 'Browse for Granular restore' button, right ?
SivaMulakaluri
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November 7th, 2012 07:00
I am not sure about that button. Could you tell me where I can find it? If possible please send a picture.
Sandeep_Sinha
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November 7th, 2012 07:00
The button is located directly above the contents pane of the backup in 'Select for Restore' Window.
Please refer to Page 89 on this document :
https://support.emc.com/docu39192_Avamar-6.1-for-VMware-User-Guide.pdf?language=en_US
J_H_
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November 7th, 2012 09:00
I just want to note that your Linux server has to be configured in the list of allowed types that would let you do a File Level restore.
Some configurations will not allow you to do a File Leve restore.
File-level restore limitations
The following limitations apply to file-level restore as described in “Restoring specific
folders or files” on page 86:
◆ The following virtual disk configurations are not supported:
• Unformatted disks
• Dynamic disks
• GUID Partition Table (GPT) disks
• Ext4 filesystems
• FAT16 filesystems
• FAT32 filesystems
• Extended partitions (that is, any virtual disk with more than one partition or when two or more virtual disks are mapped to single partition)
• Encrypted partitions
• Compressed partitions
◆ Symbolic links cannot be restored or browsed
◆ You cannot restore more than 5,000 folders or files in the same restore operation
◆ The following limitations apply to logical volumes managed by Logical Volume Manager (LVM):
• One Physical Volume (.vmdk) must be mapped to exactly one logical volume
• Only ext2 and ext3 formatting is supported
SivaMulakaluri
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November 9th, 2012 05:00
Yes, Sudeep! I never saw that button before. How can we do this functionality using mccli. In the mcli programming guide page# 44 there is an example. I think this will help me?
The following example restores selected folders and files to a different existing virtual
machine:
mccli backup restore --name=/Test/Test1 --labelNum=1 --plugin=3019
--restore-vm-to=flr --dest-client-name=Test5
--dest-client-domain=/Test/Test1
--dest-client-username=Administrator --data=C:\\1.log
--dest-dir=C:\\ --dest-client-password=abcdefgh
What are the plugins numbers to use for a Linux file level restore for file level and image level restore?
SivaMulakaluri
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November 9th, 2012 05:00
Thanks J.H for the infomation. Good to know those limitation before than breaking my head later.
J_H_
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November 9th, 2012 12:00
glad you got it to work, none of my linux boxes can do a FLR.
SivaMulakaluri
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November 9th, 2012 16:00
Not there yet, still trying.. track it here... https://community.emc.com/thread/165325?tstart=0
abhinav_bhardwa
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March 21st, 2013 04:00
Hello everybody
When I am trying to do Granular Restore from a Linux Image Level backup, I am getting an error "Extended Partitions are not Allowed". Can Anybody help me on this.
fdxpilot
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March 22nd, 2013 20:00
What is the filesystem on the disk you are trying to restore from? Does it contain only one partition or multiple partitions? On the surface, this sounds like a documented limitation (see post 4 above or the docs on support.emc.com).
J_H_
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March 26th, 2013 10:00
you hit the same problem I have. I cannot restore my Linux VM at the FLR level.
I have to backup the Linux VM's as vm's once a week just so I can restore the whole thing if needed ( with a short retention)
then I have to back them up as physical servers by installing the Avamar client on them, and doing a normal client backup.