NVP-vProxy: How to perform a VM restore from the command line?

Summary: The NetWorker VMware Protection (NVP) integration is configured with the vProxy appliance. In certain situations, it is necessary to perform a restore from command line (CLI). Have the NetWorker Command Reference Guide for your version of NetWorker ready. Identify the saveset you wish to restore. Use an mminfo command to query the NetWorker Server media database for complete information about the saveset by running the following command on the NetWorker Server. Using the information obtained from the mminfo query in step 3, create your nsrvproxy_recover command. ...

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Instructions

The NetWorker VMware Protection (NVP) integration is configured with the vProxy appliance. In certain situations, it is necessary to perform a restore from the command line interface (CLI). The following instructions as well as the NetWorker Command Reference Guide nsrvproxy_recover section can be used to initiate a restore from CLI.

1) Download the NetWorker Command Reference Guide for the installed version from the Dell EMC Search Support web page

 

2) Identify the saveset ID (SSID) you wish to restore.  This can be done from the NetWorker Management Console (NMC) Media tab in the Save Sets section or the mminfo command line utility.

 
3) Use an mminfo command with the "-S" option to query the complete information about the saveset from the NetWorker Server media database: 
  
mminfo -S -q ssid=<SSID>


4) Using the information obtained from the mminfo output in step 3 to create the nsrvproxy_recover command.

Syntax:

nsrvproxy_recover -c <vCenter FQDN> -S <ssid> -m <recovery method, see guide nsrvproxy_recovery section -m option> -M <vm-moref> -V <Desired recovered VM name> -A <datacenter moref> -C <compute resource moref> -H <host moref> -E <datastore moref>

Example command Syntax:

nsrvproxy_recover -c vcenter01.domain.com -S 123456789 -m I -M vm-123 -V vm01_new -A datacenter-123 -C domain-a12 -H host-123 -E datastore-4567
NOTE: If you utilize the ESX host moref and datastore moref from the mminfo output, this will restore to the same ESX host and datastore as the original VM resided on when it was backed up. Ensure this ESX host has available resources and the datastore has sufficient space available.
 
5) If the restore initiates properly, you can view and monitor the restore progress from the NMC Monitoring tab in the Sessions section.

Additional Information

NVP vProxy: How to get the exact command syntax for running a VM recovery from CLI with debug
NVP-vProxy: How to use the nsrvproxy_flr command for File Level Recovery from the NetWorker Server

Affected Products

NetWorker

Products

NetWorker
Article Properties
Article Number: 000158471
Article Type: How To
Last Modified: 08 May 2025
Version:  4
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