Selective Restore
The Selective Restore is the most complex restore NetBackup for OpenStack has to offer. It allows to adapt the restored VMs to the exact needs of the User.
With the selective restore the following things can be changed:
Which VMs are getting restored
Name of the restored VMs
Which networks to connect with
Which Storage domain to use
Which data center or cluster to restore into
Which flavor the restored VMs will use
The Selective Restore is always available and doesn't have any prerequirements.
There are two possibilities to start a Selective Restore.
Possibility 1: From the snapshot list
On the Horizon console, navigate to NBOS Backups > Policies.
Identify the policy that contains the snapshot to be restored.
Click the policy name to enter the policy overview.
Navigate to the Snapshots tab.
Identify the snapshot to be restored.
From the drop-down menu under Actions column, select .
Configure the Selective Restore as desired.
Click .
Possibility 2: From the snapshot overview
On the Horizon console, navigate to NBOS Backups > Policies.
Identify the policy that contains the snapshot to be restored.
Click the policy name to enter the policy overview.
Navigate to the Snapshots tab.
Identify the snapshot to be restored.
Click the snapshot name.
Navigate to the Restores tab.
Click .
Configure the selective Restore as desired.
Click .
nbosjm snapshot-selective-restore [--display-name <display-name>]
[--display-description <display-description>]
[--filename <filename>]
<snapshot_id>
<snapshot_id> ID of the snapshot to restore.
--display-name <display-name> Optional name for the restore.
--display-description <display-description> Optional description for restore.
--filename <filename> Provide file path(relative or absolute) including file name , by default it will read file: /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/nbosjmclient/input-files/restore.json . You can use this for reference or replace values into this file.