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Restore linux files to another machine

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Hi all,
It is possible to resotre some files from Linux Server (A) to another Linux Server (B)?
I use agent for linux and bot are physical machines.
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Hi,

Yes, you can mount the A-backup onto the B-server using Linux Agent.

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Hi,
I have the same doubt. I don't know if I understand correctly. In theory should I do this?

1. From machine A I run the veeamconfig backup list --all command and locate the backup ID that interests me
2. From machine B I mount the image with the veeamconfig backup mount --id <backup_id> --mountdir <path> command where the <backup_id> is the backup ID taken from machine A

Correct?

Thank you so much
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Right. Alternatively, you can use UI to import and mount backups.

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When I try that :

on machine A:

[root@esxsan75t1 ~]# veeamconfig backup list --all
Job name Backup ID Repository Created at
Agent Backup Linux DMZ Forum - esxsan75t1 {a72e78b8-82be-496f-b509-b9ec9a8f582b} [xxxxx.yyyy.ru.nl] CIFS-SOBR-Gym-DMZ 2021-11-11 19:06

on machine B :

[root@esxsan75t2 ~]# veeamconfig backup mount --id a72e78b8-82be-496f-b509-b9ec9a8f582b --mountdir /mnt/backup
Backup {a72e78b8-82be-496f-b509-b9ec9a8f582b} was not found.

What am I doing wrong here ?

Also: How would I do statement 1. if machine A is no longer active, or available at all ?
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In order to mount a backup file on another location/server, the server needs access to the file. Can u clarify your current setup? If you have VBR in place, you can also use VBR to do the restores to a different location.
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Additional information :

We use VBR server (v11) with Protection Group (using 'Computers with pre-installed agents') with currently 2 Linux agents in there; both using the same job definition, so pointing to 1 shared repo.

What we would like to see working if in case node 1 goes down, node 2 is able to access the data that was backupped before by node 1
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If you go to node2 and run 'veeam' and press 'R' (restore), and then press 'I' (Import) and select your VBR server then you'll see all available backups.

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Thanks.

In that scenario, on node 2 after import (using credentials from node 1 to connect to VBR) will it see only the data written into that repository from node 1, or all data in there (from other nodes) ?
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You will be able to see all backups from all machines that send backups there.

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