Site B file restoration help

[tom11011]

Hi Group.

Site A is our production site and houses the Veeam Backup and Replication server.
Site B is our DR site and houses some copy jobs as well

I tried restoring a single file from our copy job located at Site B to a server at Site B but it appears somehow the flow of traffic is unusual in that it appears the traffic is moving from Site B to Site A, then back again to Site B. The file in question is a sql bak file, about 300mb. It seems the restoration should go pretty quick as both servers are geographically located on the same lan but it takes a long time because somehow Site A is involved.

I thought I would try the Veeam backup extractor utility but that seems to only want to restore an entire vmdk file, and only the latest one (not from previous vib files)

Not sure what to do, what is the easiest way to restore a single file at a geographically distant site that does not have the veeam server installed but participates as a backup repository?

[Vitaliy S.]

Hi Tom,

The easiest and quickest way would be to use "Other OS" FLR wizard that will use Linux appliance on the remote site to mount virtual disks from the restored VM. Also you can deploy a secondary Veeam B&R server on the remote site and run restores using that console.

Thanks!

[veremin]

I would side with Vitaliy on proposing "cold" console in DR site. Not only it will allow to lock the traffic on DR during restore operations, but also it will help to get everything back to normal, if production site, including backup server, goes down. Thanks.

[tom11011]

Hi Tom,

The easiest and quickest way would be to use "Other OS" FLR wizard that will use Linux appliance on the remote site to mount virtual disks from the restored VM. Also you can deploy a secondary Veeam B&R server on the remote site and run restores using that console.

Thanks!

Are we licensed to install a second cold console?

[foggy]

Sure, Veeam B&R is licensed by the number of sockets in the source hosts (those where the VMs being backed up or replicated reside). So you can have as many Veeam B&R instances as you need, given that the number of sockets in all hosts protected by them meets the license. (Consider using Enterprise Manager for transparent license management and to have visibility across all Veeam B&R servers.)