Full vm restore not connecting NIC

[maol]

Hello,
i'm trying to do a full vm restore using:

POST http://<Enterprise-Manager>:9399/api/vmRestorePoints/{ID}?action=restore

everyting works fine except that the restored VM come up with the NIC disconnected.

is there a way to make Veeam to restore the VM with the NIC connected?

i saw that I can use

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RestoreSpec xmlns="http://www.veeam.com/ent/v1.0" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
 <VmRestoreSpec>
   <PowerOnAfterRestore>false</PowerOnAfterRestore>
   <QuickRollback>false</QuickRollback>
 </VmRestoreSpec>
</RestoreSpec>

in order to power on the VM, is there some <ConennectAtPoweron> tag or something like that?

Thanks
Lorenzo

[chris.arceneaux]

Hi Lorenzo,

I'm not aware of this setting within the Enterprise Manager REST API. Here is a link to our API documentation showing all available parameters for the API call in question.

[Tomo]

Hello,

Is this specification still ongoing?
The network is connected when I restore using Enterprise Manager(UI).
The NIC remains disconnect when I use Rest full API.

Thanks

[oleg.feoktistov]

This setting hasn't changed so far, as you can see in our up-to-date documentation. Cheers!

[Tomo]

Hi Oleg,

Thank you for your quick reply.

However, what kind of technical reason why Restfull API do not connect NIC on the other hand I can connect NIC when I restore a VM using UI from Veeam Enterprise Manager?
so additional Vm's infromation that given statick MAC address.

Cheers

[veremin]

Already fixed. Check the corresponding thread on the internal forum ("Network is disconnected after VM restore with REST API"). Thanks!

[eduardo.fernandez]

@veremin, Could you please give us details about in which it exists and in which it is arranged.

Kind regards,

[oleg.feoktistov]

Hi Eduardo,

I will be able to check it internally tomorrow and let you know on the outcome. Since NICs are connected automatically if PowerOnAfterRestore option is chosen in the UI, it shouldn't be the issue also in the REST API.

Thanks,
Oleg

[oleg.feoktistov]

Hi @eduardo.fernandez,

Sorry for such late notice. I went further and tested it on several versions including v10 CU1, in which this fix was originally introduced, and v11 GA. So, apparently, NICs are being connected automatically to Windows-based machines only when PowerOnAfterRestore is set to true in your REST restore spec. With Linux it doesn't seem to work no matter the source settings. Let me know, please, if this is also the case for you.

Thanks,
Oleg

[eduardo.fernandez]

Hello @Oleg,

Your explanation has the information I needed, thank you very much for your collaboration.

Kind regards,

Eduardo

[eduardo.fernandez]

Hello Oleg, I'm sorry I didn't let you know the operating systems in my case: SonicWall NSv and Windows 2016 Server.

I'm gonna review the PowerOnAfterRestore.

Kind regards,

Eduardo