Source:Single File Restore for Virtual Machines-Jaglion

Overview

This article describe sonly the general procedure for restoring individual virtual machine (VM) files via the web Restore Assistant. For details about web complete VM restore, see Restore Assistant.

SEP sesam provides simple and flexible single file restore for VMware, Hyper-V, RHV/OLVM, Citrix Hypervisor, KVM/QEMU, and OpenNebula virtual machines (VMs) via the web interface Restore Assistant in advanced UI mode, if you have the appropriate permissions. Single file restore for Proxmox VE and Nutanix AHV VM is not currently supported.

Note that this article describes the general prerequisites and procedure for restoring a single file via the web Restore Assistant. However, each VM type (VMware, Citrix, etc.) has different prerequisites and available options in the Restore Assistant, so you should also check the instructions specific to your VM type:

• VMware Single File Restore
• Citrix Hypervisor Single File Restore
• Hyper-V Single File Restore
• RHV Single File Restore
• KVM QEMU Single File Restore
• OpenNebula Single File Restore

Prerequisites

To ensure error-free operation of SEP sesam and improve performance, make sure that the following conditions are met:

• SEP sesam Server version ≥ 5.0.0 Jaglion. For the list of supported systems, see Support Matrix.
• A SEP sesam data store (Path, Si3 deduplication store, etc.) is recommended.
• Backups must not be encrypted, compressed or stored on tape.
• To restore single files via the Restore Assistant, appropriate permissions are required. For details, see About Authentication and Authorization.
• Make sure that there is enough free space on the target system to which you are restoring your data.

	Note
	Some restrictions also apply for mounting the virtual disk.

Accessing the restore assistant

You can access the restore assisstant in one of the following ways:

• via the GUI: by clicking the Restore Assistant icon in the toolbar or from Activities -> Restore Assistant
• from SEP sesam Web UI: left menu -> Restore Assistant
• or by entering the following address in the browser bar: http://[sesamserver]:11401/sep/ui/restore/.

	Note
	If you cannot access the web Restore Assistant, check if you have received the appropriate permissions for online restore. For details, see About Authentication and Authorization.

Restoring single files of VMs

You can use the web Restore Assistant to restore individual virtual machine files from VMware, Hyper-V, RHV/OLVM, Citrix Hypervisor, KVM/QEMU, and OpenNebula.

If you want to restore a single item from a virtual machine (VM) backup, you can select what to restore from a list of VM types. The basic restore procedure is similar for all VM types, except that additional options are available for some VM types, for example, in the case of a VMware VM, you can attach VMDK to a VM (recommended method) instead of mounting VMDK to the file system.

1. Open the Restore Assistant in the browser.
2. In the Start window, select the restore type: VMware vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V, Citrix Hypervisor, KVM/QEMU, Red Hat/Oracle Linux VM, or Open Nebula.
Then select the option Advanced View. The VM or single file restore option is selected by default. Click Next.

3. In the Virtual Machine window, under Selection of the server, select your target server.


4. Then, under Selection of the virtual machine, select the VM you want to restore.
Click Next.


5. In the Task window, under Task selection, select your source task. A backup task defines the source data that was backed up by the client.


6. Then, under the Backup selection, select the exact backup version you want to restore. You can use the calendar feature in the upper right corner to filter a date range for the backups displayed. Select the Single file restore option and click Next.


7. In the Files window, you must select the SEP sesam Server or RDS to which you want to mount (or attach) the backup. You can also specify an alternative mount path and/or advanced mount options.

	Note
	Mounting is not possible if the savesets are stored on tapes or if the data is compressed or encrypted. For mounting also some other XPRFS restrictions apply. In the case of VMware, it is recommended to attach virtual disks to a Proxy-VM via NFS server instead of mounting the backup to a file system. See VMware Single File Restore.




8. Once a virtual disk is mounted/attached to the device server, select the files you want to restore and click Next.
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9. In the Target window, under Target selection, select your target environment for restore. You can use the drop-down list to select or filter VMs by name.
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10. Under VM restore options, set additional restore options:
Do not overwrite an existing virtual machine: The VM is restored only if it does not already exist on the target system.
Restore an existing virtual machine with a new name: The VM will be restored with a new name. In the case of an OpenNebula restore, the name of the target VM is created automatically.
Overwrite an existing virtual machine: If the VM exists on the target server, it will be replaced with the restored version. You can also choose to automatically shut down the running VM.
Click Next.
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11. In the Options window, you can specify additional advanced options, such as selecting a data mover and a data store, specifying target and recovery options, and so on. For details on the available options, see Restoring virtual machines in advanced UI mode.
Click Next.
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12. In the final step, review your restore task and click Start restore.

See also

Restore Assistant – Virtualization