Vembu BDR’s File Level Recovery (FLR) lets you restore individual drives, files, and folders from backup versions without having to restore the entire virtual/physical machine. It also lets you restore individual items from the following VSS-aware applications that reside on virtual/physical machines.
This guide provides commands and configuration options to set up a Vembu BDR Virtual Drive share on the Vembu BDR Ubuntu Server to a Windows client to perform File Level Recovery (FLR).
Let us assume we have an Ubuntu Machine installed with Vembu BDR on which an File Level Recovery (FLR) of Virtual Machine or Disc Image Backup needs to be performed without having to restore the entire virtual/physical machine.
Creating the Share on Ubuntu :
Open the terminal session in the BDR Ubuntu Server and log in with root privilege.
(Note: Command inputs are shown in bold.)
Use the SU command to change the user.
Type in the password, by default the password would be password.
Install the Samba Shares. The software is free so there is no obvious cost benefit there.
Use apt-get install samba command to install the Samba Shares.
After Samba installs, configure a username and password that will be used to access the share.
Use smbpasswd -a username command to set the password for the account.
Note: In this example, we are using ‘thaseem’ since we already have a Linux user with that name – but you can choose any name you’d like.
Use your favorite editor to edit the Samba configuration file.
Use vi /etc/samba/smb.conf command to edit the smb.conf file
Scroll down to the end of the Samba configuration file and add these lines:
path = /home/<user_name>/<folder_name> available = yes valid users = <user_name> read only = yes browsable = yes public = yes writable = yes Obviously, you’ll need to replace some of the values with your personal settings. It should look something like this: Save the file and close your editor. Now, restart the SMB service for the changes to take effect. Use service smbd restart to the restart the Samba services. Your shared folder should now be accessible from a Windows client. Now, let’s add the Vembu BDR Virtual Drive Linux share to your Windows Client as a map drive. \\IP-ADDRESS\SHARE-NAME in the folder Once successfully added, the Vembu Virtual Drive will display as a mapped drive on the Windows Client. Mount the backup in the Vembu BDR Ubuntu Backup Server. Go to Disc Management -> Action -> Attach VHD -> Browse the map drive. Choose the Client name -> Job Name -> Backup Job timestamp. Choose the .vhd file. Map drive should contain a list of image backups that will look something like this: Check the box Read only. On completion of vhd file mount, browse the attached disc and recover the desired files from the attached VHD disc. For more information about Samba. Check out the below link:
