Need to restore volume from incomplete backup

[TitaniumCoder477]

We've been struggling to get a backup of our primary DB server due to file system corruption. Veeam support asked us to run a chkdsk routine, which we did last night; but unfortunately, that resulted in the server not booting the OS now. I need to know how to export/restore just the C vol out of the latest incomplete backup. This is the only volume that sucessfully completed backup last night, for example. Please advise. Case ID is 06247291. Thanks

[Mildur]

Hi James

Booting from the recovery media allows you to restore single volumes:
https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/agent ... tml?ver=60

If the backup was incomplete, that's not possible. Our support engineer in your support case may help you to recover from incomplete data. But I cannot promise it.

Best,
Fabian

[TitaniumCoder477]

Hey Fabian, this endpoint is managed by BNR, so we have a lot of options. The challenge, though, is restoring a successfully protected volume from an incomplete backup. I am not aware of a way to do this but am hoping that Veeam has a method, though unconventional, to achieve this. I will be sorely disappointed if the incomplete backup file contains a full backup of the C vol, as seen in the screenshot above, but there is no way to pull just this part out.

[TitaniumCoder477]

Support doesn't seem to have a clue. If restoring a successfully protected volume from an incomplete backup is not possible, even using any manner of unconventional methods, tricks, or workarounds, then I need to know so that I can submit a feature request. It really bugs me that I can stare at a successful backup of a volume but then not be able to restore it because the OTHER volumes were unsuccessfully protected.

[BackupBytesTim]

You should be able to use VBR to access and recover files from the incomplete backup, admittedly that isn't a full volume restoration, so I wouldn't recommend trying that method to recreate your boot volume from scratch, but it may provide access to important data.