Using the command line to recover Nutanix AHV virtual machines for BigData policy
You can use the bprestore command to recover a backed-up Nutanix AHV VM.
To recover Nutanix AHV VM
- On the master server, log on as an Administrator or root user based on Windows or UNIX system respectively.
- Run the following command on the NetBackup master server by providing appropriate values:
bprestore -S master_server -C client -R path_rename_file -t 44 -L path_progress_log -f filelist -disk_media_server disk_media_server-D backup_host
Where,
-SSpecifies the name or FQDN of the NetBackup master server.
-CSpecifies the Nutanix AHV VM name that you have backed up.
-RSpecifies the directory path to a rename file, which is used to recover a virtual machine.
-t 44Specifies BigData as the policy type.
-L progress_logSpecifies the name of whitelisted file path in which to write progress information.
-fSpecifies a file (listfile) that contains a list of files to be restored and can be used instead of the file names option (filenames). In listfile, list each file path must be on a separate line.
Currently we support a full VM restore. Enter
/(forward slash) as the file entry.-disk_media_serverName or the FQDN of the disk media server.
-DSpecifies the name or the FQDN of the backup host.
Example
bprestore -S FQDN.master.server.com -C FQDN.client.com -R <install_directory>\logs\user_ops\rename.txt -t 44 -L <install_directory>\logs\user_ops\a.log -f filelist -disk_media_server FQDN.disk.mediaserver.com -D FQDN.backup.host.com