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  3. NetBackup™ for Hyper-V Administrator's Guide
  5. Back up and restore Hyper-V
  7. Restore individual Hyper-V files to a shared location on the virtual machine
NetBackup™ for Hyper-V Administrator's Guide

Restore individual Hyper-V files to a shared location on the virtual machine

You can restore virtual machine files to a Hyper-V virtual machine that does not have a NetBackup client installed on it.

To restore individual files to a virtual machine that is not a NetBackup client

  1. Install a NetBackup client on a physical host.

    The host must be in the same domain as the virtual machine that you want to restore the files to. This host can be a Hyper-V server or another computer.

  2. Create a share to allow the host that contains the NetBackup client to access the virtual machine. The share must allow write access.

    For example: \\virtual_machine1\share_folder

    In this example, virtual_machine1 is the ultimate destination for the restored files. The host with the NetBackup client acts as a conduit for the restore.

  3. In the NetBackup web UI, click Recovery > Regular recovery > Start recovery.
  4. On the Basic properties tab, enter the following details.

    Policy type

    Specify Hyper-V.

    Restore type

    Specify the restore type as Normal backups.

    Source client

    Specify the Hyper-V virtual machine that was backed up.

    Destination client

    Select the host that has the NetBackup client. The virtual machine to which you want to restore must have a share for this host.

    Do not specify the virtual machine in this field.

  5. Click Next.
  6. NetBackup automatically displays the most recent backups available. Or, you can select a date range or Use backup history.
  7. Select the items that you want to restore.
  8. In the Restore target section, select Restore everything to a different location.

    In the Destination: field, enter the UNC path name that refers to the shared drive or folder on the destination virtual machine.

    For example, to restore files to E:\folder1 on virtual_machine1, enter the following:

    \\virtual_machine1\share_folder\

    NetBackup restores the files to the shared location on the virtual machine.

  9. Click Next. Then following the prompts in the wizard.
  10. You may have to change the logon for the NetBackup Client Service.

    See Set up the NetBackup Client Service for Hyper-V restores to a shared location on the virtual machine.

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