Recovery options for restore of VMware files
This topic describes the options for restoring individual folders and files from a VMware virtual machine backup.
Table: Options for individual file restore
Option | Description |
|---|---|
Select from the following options. | |
Restores the folders and files to the location where they resided when the backup occurred. | |
Restores the folders and files with their original hierarchy, but to a different location. Use the Destination field to enter the restore location. Click to browse to the restore location. | |
Restores the folders and files to individually designated locations. To designate a restore destination for each source folder, click . 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
See Setting up NetBackup Client Service for VMware restores to a Windows shared virtual machine drive. | |
By default, this option is not selected to avoid overwriting a current file. Select this option to replace a file with the same name in the destination directory with the file you want to restore. | |
By default, all file systems that are mounted in the selected directories are restored. Select this option to restore the selected directories without restoring all file systems that are mounted in those directories. Note: Mount points inside a backup image are always restored whether or not this option is selected. | |
UNIX and Linux systems only. By default, hard link path names are restored exactly as they exist in the backup. Select this option to rename the hard link path names, if any exist. Cohesity recommends that you select this option in the following situations:
In this situation, Cohesity recommends that you select . Then, make sure that the option is not selected so that you can use the alternate disk and still have the correct file paths. | |
UNIX and Linux systems only. By default, soft (symbolic) link path names are restored exactly as they exist in the backup. Select this option to rename the soft link path names, if any exist. Cohesity recommends that you do not select this option if you rename hard links. | |
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. | |
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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