Restore without VBM

[VladV]

Is it possible to restore directly from a VBK file?

The reason I'm asking is because I had two computers that after a while they started giving the following errors:

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19-May-16 10:36:21 :: Full backup file merge failed Error: File does not exist. File: [\\mysafe03\backup\VNG-Desktop\Backup Job VNG-DESKTOP\Backup Job VNG-DESKTOP2016-04-30T123014.vbk]. Failed to restore file from local backup. VFS link: [summary.xml]. Target file: [MemFs://frontend::CDataTransferCommandSet::RestoreText_{bd8cbbf5-13cb-41d1-bcb8-18880546870d}]. CHMOD mask: [0]. Agent failed to process method {DataTransfer.RestoreText}.  

Indeed the file does not exist but I still don't know why. Something happens during a merge operation and maybe the database is not updated.

[Dima P.]

Hi VladV,

What was the backup destination? Can you check if the backup is operational via file level recovery?

[VladV]

The backup destination was a qNAP nas. I can't restore because I deleted the vbm and the incrementals to start a new backup.

[Dima P.]

Vlad,

Please open a support case and let me know the case ID - QA team is interested in your issue and would like to participate in investigation. Thanks in advance.

[91gsixty]

Dima,

Any update on this?
Cryptowall encrypted my VBM file but not the VBK.

Jf

[Dima P.]

Jeff,

Unfortunately, behavior remains the same. Could you share what happened with this Cryptowall? I wonder how your backups were stored (what was the backup location and how the permissions were set)? Thanks in advance.

[91gsixty]

Backups were on local disk, on a different LUN. VMB file was encrypted with admin rights.

Does the VBK Extract Utility work with EB VBKs??

[Dima P.]

Sorry to hear that. Unfortunately, Extract Utility won’t help as it does not support VEB backups.