Hey!
I also asked Artificial intelligence but I have found nothing.
Well there's the first issue!
Veeam's interaction with object storage is quite unique compared to the rest of the product. The best way to describe it would be to imagine it like a file system. There are blocks ( .blk files ) and there is the metadata ( basically everything else ) that knows where to put the blocks to make a coherent restore point and keeps track of all the points. You're absolutely correct, you can't manually put this together. A lot of the metadata is just not readable, so you need to rely on VBR to get it all back down. Luckily, it's a pretty simple process.
In a DR scenario where a restore is needed and the main VBR server is down, you could:
1. Fire up a Windows Server
2. Grab the Veeam ISO
3. Install VBR
4. Add your Azure blob storage repository to the backup server
5. Right-click the blob storage and select "Import Backups" ( No need to add it to a SOBR to just restore )
6. Start the restores
7. When done, right-click the blob storage and select "Detach"
This is the fastest way to get the backups restoring. With a traditional SOBR on a DR backup server, you'd have to rescan and it could take quite a while. This way, the metadata is synced up pretty quickly, and it gets you going, usually within the hour. If you wanted, you could have a server set up with VBR but completely blank just sitting, turned off, as part of your DR plan to make this even quicker. I can't say when or if a tool like that would be coming and I haven't seen anything regarding it specifically. You're always more than welcome to request a feature, most of our product's features are based on community suggestions.
Let me know if there's anything I missed here, Ciao!