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  2. NetBackup™ for VMware Administrator's Guide
  3. Restore virtual machines
  4. Restoring individual files
  5. Restore Marked Files dialog for restore of VMware files
NetBackup™ for VMware Administrator's Guide

Restore Marked Files dialog for restore of VMware files

This topic describes the Restore Marked Files dialog for restoring individual folders and files from a VMware virtual machine backup.

Table: Options for individual file restore on the Restore Marked Files dialog box

Option

Description

Destination

Select from the following options.

Restore everything to its original location

Restores the folders and files to the location where they resided when the backup occurred.

Restore everything to a different location (maintaining existing structure)

Restores the folders and files with their original hierarchy, but to a different location.

Use the Destination field to enter the restore location.

Click Browse to browse to the restore location.

Restore individual directories and files to different locations

Restores the folders and files to individually designated locations. To designate a restore destination for each source folder, double click on its row. Use the following dialog to enter or browse for the destination:

To restore to a Windows mounted drive: Destinations must be entered as UNC path names that refer to shared drives on the virtual machine. For example, to restore the file E:\folder1\file1 on virtual machine vm1, enter the following destination:

\\vm1\e$\folder1\file1

See Setting up NetBackup Client Service for restore to a Windows shared virtual machine drive.

Create and restore to a new virtual hard disk file

This option is not implemented.

Options

For a description of the restore options, see the NetBackup help for the Backup, Archive, and Restore interface.

Media Server

You can use this option to select a media server that has access to the storage unit that contains the backup image. An example of such an environment is a Media Server Deduplication Pool (MSDP) with multiple media servers.

Note:

If the storage unit that contains the backup image is not shared with multiple media servers, this option is grayed out.

Override default priority

Determines the restore job's priority for restore resources. A higher priority means that NetBackup assigns the first available drive to the first restore job with the highest priority. Enter a number (maximum 99999). The default for all restore jobs is 0, the lowest priority possible. Any restore job with a priority greater than zero has priority over the default setting.

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