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Restore from (older) tapes

Post by TommyB »

Hi,

I'm currently trying to restore a VM from a tape backup from April 2016. The tapes are moved to a vault already.

When I look at the properties/files tab of the tape, I can see the .vbk and .vib files, so I know the backup is there.

But when I try to do a "restore VM from tape", Veeam tells me it only needs the following tapes:
Tape with sequence number 4 from Media set Weekly Backup 29.08.2016 09:01
Tape with sequence number 3 from Media set Weekly Backup 29.08.2016 09:01
Which definitely are the wrong tapes... what do I have to do that those backups/tapes show up in the restore?

According to this https://helpcenter.veeam.com/backup/vsp ... point.html there should be a point in the process where it asks which restore point should be restored... but this never shows up.

Any idea what to do? Or should I open a support case?

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Re: Restore from (older) tapes

Post by veremin »

Tapes that are currently in vault and contain old restore points should be shown in the referenced dialog. So, the described behaviour doesn't look expected.

It stands to reason to open a ticket with our support team.

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Re: Restore from (older) tapes

Post by TommyB »

Hi Vladimir,

do you think it may help to run an additional "catalog drive" operation on those tapes before contacting support?

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Sure, you can try to catalogue those tapes and restore data from them afterwards. Thanks.
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Re: Restore from (older) tapes

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Hi,

thanks, now it works, just restoring the VM :-)

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Re: Restore from (older) tapes

Post by veremin »

The previously written media sets sent to vaults should not be removed from catalogue. So, the original behaviour doesn't look expected.

Glad to hear you were able to overcome it, though. Should the situation re-appear in future, don't hesitate to let our support team know.

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