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Linux Agent -> Instant recovery on VM-Ware vsphere with Backup Mode "File Level Backup" not working

Post by zercho05 »

From the following Post I can see:
https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/backu ... ml?ver=120

Consider the following for Linux workloads:
We strongly recommend having dracut and mkinitrd installed on workloads that will be restored. Otherwise, they may not boot after restore.
Open the /etc/fstab/ file and check that all filesystems are mounted using UUID. If any filesystems are mounted using block device name, the restored VM may not boot.

okay but when I use the "No-Snap" rpm on Linux and use the following Backup Mode.

Tick :arrow: File Level Backup ( slower )
&
Tick :arrow: Backup Directly from live file system
Picture can be found here:
https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/backu ... ml?ver=120

make a backup -> this works.

Then I try to "Instant Recover the Linux Agent Backup and get the following Error at the 2nd step (after choosing the machine/Backup)

I get the error massage:
Can not find system disk for machine xyz.backup.at

Can you please let me know if this is expected behaviour???

If I use Backup Mode
"Entire Computer" or
"File level backup" without the "Backup directly from live file System"
it works fine.

I can not use the LVM-Snapshots nor the Veeam Snap Module due to an internal Policy !!! -> Still I would like to have Instant recovery for Linux agents.


If this is normal behaviour please add this to the documentation!!!!
https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/backu ... ml?ver=120
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Re: Linux Agent -> Instant recovery on VM-Ware vsphere with Backup Mode "File Level Backup" not working

Post by rovshan.pashayev »

Hello Stefan,

Instant Recovery is not available for Linux file-level backups.
We will review the request and update the User Guide accordingly.
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Re: Linux Agent -> Instant recovery on VM-Ware vsphere with Backup Mode "File Level Backup" not working

Post by rovshan.pashayev »

Hello Stefan,

Here is User Guide page, regarding Restoring Veeam Agent Backup to vSphere VM: https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/backu ... imitations
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