I'm surprised, I have not found anything regarding this idea:
It would be extremely handy if I could restore single files from snapshot based backups within the guest OS using a command line.
This could be done with a Veeam Agent installed in the guest OS that connects to the Veeam B&R Server where the desired restore point is mounted and the files are made available to the agent in the guest OS.
Our Linux Engineers would be extremely happy if they had this feature at their disposal!
Please let me know if the idea is not yet clear enough. I would elaborate on the scenario in more details!
Another option is using Veeam Enterprise Manager. It can be used to restore files back to a linux machine.
There are some preparations required for non-windows restores: https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/backu ... ml?ver=110
Let me explain the situation with a bit more details.
So far we only use Veeam to backup our VMs on multiple VMware ESXi Clusters. I have created multiple Jobs to perform all the necessary backups.
We have NOT used any Veeam agent to backup any Windows or Linux clients (VMs) so far.
But my question is: is it possible to use the agent on a Linux VM to retrieve files from a VM backup by a job created on the Veeam B&R server (no Veeam agent involved whatsoever!)?
And yes, I know about the possibility to use the Enterprise Manager. But in our with our tight security restrictions, this is NOT an option as this means the EM Server needs network access to ALL VMs. Our IT security said no to this! But a Veeam Agent would make it possible to open the network connection FROM the agent TO the Veeam Server which would be OK.
