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how can restore backup on the other system ?

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dear all

hi
i have installed veeam agent for linux and get backup succesully but now
1- i want to know can i restore this backup on the other virtual machine or physical system ?
2 - i think we can not install veeam on the other system and get backup file for restore on the other system is this correct or can do it ?

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You can install VAL on the other server, copy the backup file and restore files from it.

For bare metal recovery we offer an iso which you can use and allows you to restore a full machine.
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vmniels wrote:You can install VAL on the other server, copy the backup file and restore files from it.

For bare metal recovery we offer an iso which you can use and allows you to restore a full machine.

1 -is your means from install VAL on the other server : install veeamsnap-1.0.0.499-1.noarch.rpm and veeam-1.0.0.499-1.el6.x86_64.rpm on the other server ?
2 - which iso file use for restore on bare metal ?
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1) yes, you can install it on multiple servers.
2) in the x64 folder of the download there is a file (veeam-recovery-media-1.0.0.499.iso) which you can mount on a server and launch at boot for bare metal recovery
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vmniels wrote:1) yes, you can install it on multiple servers.
2) in the x64 folder of the download there is a file (veeam-recovery-media-1.0.0.499.iso) which you can mount on a server and launch at boot for bare metal recovery
see this pic pleas my bare metal disk is 500G now i have to create all vg and lvm groups manually ?

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You can restore from the right side to the left however lvm support is being finetuned based on other feedback (see veeam-agent-for-linux-f41/does-veeam-ag ... 36134.html for additional info).
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vmniels wrote:You can restore from the right side to the left however lvm support is being finetuned based on other feedback (see veeam-agent-for-linux-f41/does-veeam-ag ... 36134.html for additional info).
ok but my means is it automatically create al LVM and volume groups but i think it can not
now please see the pic i have create volume group and all LVM and restore successfull but when restart system it can not boot and can not find any os

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As mentioned in the thread it is not yet fully supported in the beta status and will be optimized towards GA. The reason why it can't find an OS is probably related to the bootloader not being restored as it should.
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vmniels wrote:As mentioned in the thread it is not yet fully supported in the beta status and will be optimized towards GA. The reason why it can't find an OS is probably related to the bootloader not being restored as it should.
is that enough boot loader restored via VAL or after that i have to install grub manually ?
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Currently it is a known bug that the restore of the bootloader results in an error. We'll make sure this will be resolved by the GA release (maybe in the next beta built even). Installing grub should resolve it but this is not something you should have to do manually in case of a full recovery.
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vmniels wrote:Currently it is a known bug that the restore of the bootloader results in an error. We'll make sure this will be resolved by the GA release (maybe in the next beta built even). Installing grub should resolve it but this is not something you should have to do manually in case of a full recovery.
no i am confused in this version i have to install grub manually after restore boot partition ?
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If you install grub manually now it should work however I haven't tested it. If you are going to try this I am looking forward to feedback!
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vmniels wrote:If you install grub manually now it should work however I haven't tested it. If you are going to try this I am looking forward to feedback!

ok

i find 2 big problem in this agent that if these problem solved it will be biggest and first application in world that can restore a linux system such as windows

1 - if get a disk it can not automatically format that such as backup system and have to careate all vloume groups and
LVM manually with VAL

2 - after restore complete we have to install maually grub for successfull boot and use system after restore complete have to boot wirh redhat rescue mode and use these commands :

bash-4.1# chroot /mnt/sysimage
sh-4.1# grub-install /dev/sda
sh-4.1# exit
bash-4.1# exit

if you can do solve these issue it will be best and so user friendly

when will release next version ?
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Currently no release date is set for it but thank you for the feedback and we'll make sure to finetune everything!
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Hi,
ok but my means is it automatically create al LVM and volume groups but i think it can not
Automatic LVM restore procedure is planned to support only "the same configuration" scenario, i.e. a restoration of a 500GB drive to another 500GB drive.

Could you please provide more details about the way you've performed restore? Did you choose "restore the whole disk from"? What kind of table do you have on the disk that is in the backup - is it GPT or MBR?

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Does this feature added to new beta2?

Can it automaticaly restore lvm partitions or have to create them manualy?
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Re: how can restore backup on the other system ?

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Hi,

That feature has been postponed until GA release.

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PTide wrote:Hi,

That feature has been postponed until GA release.

Thanks

GA release is final release?

And please fix auto grub install in beta1 after restore all lvms we have to boot linux with rescue mode dvd and then install grub manually in this version fixed ?
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GA is indeed the final release. Sorry for the inconvenience. The GRUB issue has been noted as well.
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vmniels wrote:GA is indeed the final release. Sorry for the inconvenience. The GRUB issue has been noted as well.
What problems has been solved in beta2?
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What's New in Beta2
• Integration with VBR 9.5
• BitLooker
• Pre/post job scripts
• Rescan of backups/repositories
• CentOS/RHEL 7, Fedora 23, Fedora 24 packages were added
• Extended CLI commands set.
• Resizable UI

And of course under the hood improvements for a more stable version.
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And please fix auto grub install in beta1 after restore all lvms we have to boot linux with rescue mode dvd and then install grub manually in this version fixed ?
Please describe your partitioning schema, as well as LVM schema (lsblk -af and lvdisplay outputs are required). Also please elaborate on how exactly did you perfrom volumes restore?

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