Recover Azure VM Files and Folders

You can download or restore specific files and folders from a protected Azure VM to the original or an alternate Azure VM.

To recover or download your files and folders from your protected Azure VM:

  1. In DataProtect as a Service, navigate to Sources.

  2. Click the Source name.

  3. Select Protection Status > Protected.

  4. Use the filters, search box, and views to locate and select the Azure VMs you want to recover.

    You can also use Global Search to locate, filter, and select the objects you need. Click the Global Search box at the top or type slash (/) anywhere to start your search.

  5. Click the required Azure VM backed up and click the Recover Files icon for the VM. The page with the VM details is displayed.

  6. Select the timeline drop-down list on the top right corner to select the snapshot and click Apply.

  7. Click the required volume to browse the file system and select the file or folder to be recovered.

    You can click Download Files to download the selected files.

  8. Click Next. The Files page is displayed.

  9. Under Recover To, select Original Server or New Server.

    • For recovery to the original Azure VM, you can provide the new recovery path in the Recover To field or use the Recover To Original Path option to recover to the original path on the original server.

    • For recovery to an alternate Azure VM, you can choose any Azure VM and select a Target. Provide the new recovery path in the Recover To field.

  10. Select your Recovery Options:

    1. Overwrite Existing File/Folder: Enable this option to overwrite the existing files and folders. Disable this option to create the files and folders in the specified location. If a file with the same name already exists in the target location, the file is overwritten or skipped based on this selection.

      If Overwrite Existing File/Folder is enabled, recovering a file to source when the file is in use may cause the open file to be overwritten. Whether overwriting occurs depends on the application using the file.

    2. Preserve File/Folder Attributes: By default, this option is enabled and the ACLs, permissions, and timestamps are preserved for all files and folders. If you disable this option, then ACLs and permissions are not preserved. If both folders and files are recovered, then folders will receive the new timestamps, but files retain their original timestamps. If recovering only files, then files will receive the new timestamps.

    3. Continue on Error: Enable this option if you want to continue the recovery even if one of the objects encounters an error. By default, this option is disabled and the recovery operation will fail if one of the objects encounters an error.

    4. Task Name: Change the default name of the recovery task.

  11. Click Recover.

Cohesity DataProtect as a Service opens the Activity page, showing your file recovery task as it runs, along with the recovery progress on the right.