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Recipe: Agent Volume restore

Expected deliverables:

Restore a volume back to a system using the in-build GUI/CLI interface.

Time to complete: 15-30 minutes

Ingredients:

A backup of a system using the Veeam Agent in either “Standalone” or “Managed By Agent” modes
Also it be either Windows, Linux or Unix agents, using “Entire system” or “Volume level backup”

Assumptions:

It’s assumed that you already have a Veeam Backup Server fully working in your environment.

Before you start Note that you cannot restore a system volume to the original or another computer running the OS. See the bare metal restore recipe. Note that Linux has two restore methods; the Recovery Wizard and the Command Line Interface, this receipe will go the Command Line Interface option.

Method Windows

On Windows Client go to Start > All Programes > Veeam > Tools > Volume Restore
Specify where the backup file resides, if remote select the type in the next window
Enter credentials if required
Select backup to restore
Select restore point
Select which volumes you want to restore and their mapping to the client system
Resize volumes if required
Complete

Method Linux

On Linux Client a command prompt type in veeamconfig backup list --all
Locate the ID of the restore point to be restored
Explore the restore point via veeamconfig backup info --id
Start restore process veeamconfig point restore --id <point_id> --targetdev <target_volume> --backupdev <volume_in_backup>
Monitor restore process veeamconfig session log --id <session_id>

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