About restoring individual VMware files and folders
You can use the following methods to restore files and folders individually from a VMware backup. Individual file and folder recovery is supported from full and incremental backups, as long as the policy option is enabled.
Restore to a virtual machine on which NetBackup client software is installed. | The NetBackup web UI in NetBackup 10.3 and later supports this method. |
Restore to a virtual machine where the NetBackup client is not installed. | See About VMware agentless restore. See Recover files and folders with VMware agentless restore. |
Create an instant access VM. | |
(Windows only) Restore to a virtual machine drive that is mapped to a host on which NetBackup client software is installed. | |
Restore to a host on which the NetBackup client software is installed (not to the virtual machine). | See the NetBackup Backup, Archive, and Restore Getting Started Guide on how to restore to different locations. Then manually copy the restored files to the virtual machine. (NetBackup does not perform this step.) |
The following limitations exist when you restore individual files and folders from a VMware backup image:
Instant access does not support the restore of files and folders to a NetBackup client.