File Level Recovery

File Level Recovery

  • You might want to restore specific VM files instead of restoring the entire VM data. The source VM might consist of data that might be needed later. Some users do not prefer to restore the entire VM data as it occupies space and utilizes network bandwidth.
  • To handle such scenarios Vembu offers File Level Recovery which allows you to restore files and folders of your choice from the backed up VM. Once you configure the restore location and trigger the restore process you can find your backup files in the specified location within minutes.

Procedure

Step 1: Choose Restore Type

  • Click the Recovery tab and select the restore icon near the Windows Image Backup that is to be restored. Select File Level Recovery as the Restore type and click Next to proceed with the restore process.

Step 2: Choose a Restore Point

  • Select the restore version for the restore process. The restore version is created based on the end time of the backup (i.e the date and time when the backup process scheduled is completed), this is named Recovery points. The full backup and incremental backup time-stamps are listed with the latest backup version as a parent node and old backup version further sub-nodes. You can fall back to the required time-stamp whenever needed to recover the backed up data.
  • If you have configured Additional full backups, then separate restore version time-stamp is created for each full backups with another tree structure.
  • If the restore time-stamp version is denoted with symbols (d), (w), (m), (+P) at the end, indicates that the Daily Merge (d),  Weekly Merge (w),  Monthly Merge (m), and Persistent boot changes (+P) process has taken place on the version. Here (d), (w), (m) restore version specifies the merge process has done on the recovery point and Persistent boot changes (+P) specifies the Quick VM Recovery process has been done for that version.
  • If you select Restore version time-stamp with (+P), you have to enable Include persistent boot changes in restore option to include the changes done during the previous boot restore process. If you don't enable the check-box, then the changes will not be included in the selected recovery process.
  • You can select the full backup time-stamp for restore as well as the individual incremental time-stamp version for the restore process. On selecting the full backup recovery point, only the data of the full backup version is restored.

Information Note:

You can select only one time-stamp for restore at a time

Step 3: Choose the File/Folder to Restore

  • A tree listing backed up disks which on further expansion will list respective files and folders in it.
  • You can select files and folders under different disks for restore.
  • Select a specific restore version of the files and folders you want to restore. Once done selecting files/folders, click Next to proceed with select restore location.

Choose the Restore Data

  • Once you are done selecting the restore version, the next step is to select the Restore data. A tree listing backed up disks will be displayed. Click (+) to explore the disk further from the web-based console instead of opening the machine and accessing the files. On further expansion, the respective files and folders will be listed. Select the specific files and folders that have to be restored. Click Next to proceed to configure the restore option.

Information Note:

Vembu supports File Level Restore only for NTFS File System. If there is an error while listing Disk(s)Volume(s), check if Vembu Storage volume is corrupted/ chunk files are not available

Step 4: Configure Restore Options

  • The next step is to select whether you want to compress your restore data. Select the Enable option for compressing your restore data.
  • You can encrypt the compressed data by selecting the Encrypt Restored files for the Zip process option. Provide the encryption password and configure the restore location where the files are to be restored. The target restore location can either be a local drive on the backup server or any network shared drive that you have mapped with BDR Backup Server. The restore can be directed to the network shared location. Click the Browse icon in the right of the restore location and choose the stipulated drive to which the data will be restored.
  • Once the restore is complete, go to the restore location to access the Zip folder. Enter the corresponding password to access the Zip file. The compressed data will be available and can be downloaded from the Restore Reports page.

Information Note:

The password you enter should satisfy the following conditions:

  • The password should contain only the characters [a-z] [A-Z] [0-9]
  • The password should contain at least 6 characters and at most 12 characters
  • The password should not contain spaces or other special characters
  • Click Next to proceed to review your configurations.

Step 5: Review Recovery Configuration

  • The final step in this restore process is to review the configurations you have selected.
  • Check the following:
    • Restore type
    • Restore version
    • Target restore location

  • Verify all the details and click Restore Now.
  • You will be redirected to the recovery page. In the Status tab click the arrow mark which will open the restore progress window.
  • The following details will be available in the restore progress page:
    • Backup Schedule
    • User Name
    • Current File
    • Total Files
    • Transfer Rate
    • Files Restored

Information Note:

To enhance the restore performance, close the restore progress window and open it occasionally to check the restore progress

  • You have the option of aborting the restore process. From the Recovery page click the Abort Server Side Restore option, this will open a pop-up window as displayed below. Click Yes to abort the restore.

  • Or open the restore progress window and click the Abort (-) option which will open a pop-up window displayed below. Click OK to abort the restore process.