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  2. Veritas NetBackup™ for VMware Administrator's Guide
  3. Appendix A. NetBackup commands to back up and restore virtual machines
Veritas NetBackup™ for VMware Administrator's Guide

NetBackup commands to back up and restore virtual machines

This section includes the following topics:
  • Using NetBackup commands to create a VMware policy

  • Using the nbdiscover command to search the virtual environment

  • Using the nbrestorevm command to restore virtual machines into vSphere

  • Using the nbrestorevm command to restore virtual machines into vCloud Director

  • Using the nbrestorevm command to restore virtual machine disks

  • The nbrestorevm -R rename file for restoring virtual machines

  • Logs for troubleshooting the nbrestorevm command

  • Query format and examples for searching virtual machine backups

  • Allowing other servers or clients to restore virtual machines

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