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Learning Veeam Backup & Replication for VMware vSphere
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Learning Veeam Backup & Replication for VMware vSphere

by Christian Mohn
April 2014
Beginner to intermediate
110 pages
2h 14m
English
Packt Publishing
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Restoring VM files

The Restoring VM files option is used when you need to restore specific VM files. This can be .vmdk or .vmx files, not files contained within the filesystem in the VM itself. Possible usage scenarios could be when a VM's config file (the .vmx file) or one or more of a given VM's disk files (.vmdk) has been deleted or corrupted, and you just want to restore these files instead of the entire VM or even restore the disk file to a different location so that you can attach it do another VM.

The following steps outline how to perform a VM files (VMDK, VMX) restore:

  1. As is usual with Veeam Backup & Replication, the process is started by invoking the Restore Wizard by clicking on Restore and selecting VMware. This time, select the VM files ...
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ISBN: 9781782174172