Open Veeam backup file

[souperstar]

Is there a way to open a Veeam backup file (.vbk) and browse the full contents inside, without having Veeam B&R installed?

[tsightler]

You can use the extract.exe command line tool, or the Veeam.Backup.Extractor.exe standalone GUI tool to open a VBK and extract the VM level files (VMDK, VHD, VMX, etc.) These are available in the normal B&R install and can be used as standalone tools. Their use is documented here.

You can also use the Veeam B&R free edition to perform pretty much any type of recovery from a VBK or backup chain but of course that has to be installed so doesn't really meet your original request.

[souperstar]

Thank you, I amended my robocopy bat file to copy those two files if they don't exist.

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If NOT exist "Q:\Extract.exe" (
	copy "E:\Program Files\Veeam\Backup and Replication\Backup\Extract.exe" "Q:\Extract.exe"
	)

If NOT exist "Q:\Veeam.Backup.Extractor.exe" (
	copy "E:\Program Files\Veeam\Backup and Replication\Backup\Veeam.Backup.Extractor.exe" "Q:\Veeam.Backup.Extractor.exe"
	)

That should do it! I remember reading about this but couldn't recall the names of the executables.