Determining the backup image ID from which to restore a VMware virtual machine disk
This topic describes how to determine the ID of the backup image from which to restore a VMware virtual machine disk. You then use the backup image ID to specify the backup from which to create the restore parameters file. Two methods exist to determine the backup ID, as follows:
NetBackup Administration Console | See To determine the backup image ID by using NetBackup Administration Console. |
bpclimagelist command | See To determine the backup image ID by using the bpclimagelist command. |
Note:
If you want to use a date range to specify the backup from which to create the restore parameters file, you can skip this task.
This task is part of a larger process that describes how to restore an individual VMware virtual machine disk or disks.
See Restoring VMware virtual machine disks by using NetBackup commands.
To determine the backup image ID by using NetBackup Administration Console
- Use the NetBackup Administration Console Catalog utility to search for the backup image of the client from which to restore. The Search Results pane of the Catalog utility shows the backup ID:
- Continue to the next task in the individual virtual machine disk restore process.
To determine the backup image ID by using the bpclimagelist command
- Invoke the NetBackup bpclimagelist command to display the backups for the client, as follows:
On UNIX: /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/bpclimagelist -client client_name -Likelydate -policy policy_name
On Windows: install_path\NetBackup\bin\bpclimagelist -client client_name -Likelydate -policy policy_name
- Construct the backup ID by combining the client name, an underscore character (_), and the backup time notation (the decimal number of seconds since January 1, 1970). For the following example output, vm1.example.com_1454006694 is the backup ID:
bpclimagelist -client vm1.example.com -Likelydate -policy backups Client: vm1.example.com Policy: backups Keyword: NONE Backup Time: Thu Jan 28 12:44:54 2016 (1454006694) Schedule Type: FULL
- Continue to the next task in the individual virtual machine disk restore process.