Host-based backup of VMware vSphere VMs.
Post Reply
loelly
Enthusiast
Posts: 51
Liked: 10 times
Joined: Apr 17, 2014 8:25 am
Full Name: Jens Siegmann
Contact:

Linux Guest File Restore: Wrong MTIME, ownership root for di

Post by loelly »

Hello there,

when restoring files via Guest File Restore (Other OS) wizard, the files and directories are not restored with MTIME (most importantly) set to the date and time of the original files or directories in the backup repository. Instead they get created with the current local system time.

Secondly, it looks like every directory is created with root as owner.

Has anybody found a way to work-around this limitation? To the guys at Veeam: (when) do you plan to fix this issue?

Best regards,

loelly.
veremin
Product Manager
Posts: 20413
Liked: 2301 times
Joined: Oct 26, 2012 3:28 pm
Full Name: Vladimir Eremin
Contact:

Re: Linux Guest File Restore: Wrong MTIME, ownership root fo

Post by veremin »

Hi, Maik, what product version you're currently using? Thanks.
loelly
Enthusiast
Posts: 51
Liked: 10 times
Joined: Apr 17, 2014 8:25 am
Full Name: Jens Siegmann
Contact:

Re: Linux Guest File Restore: Wrong MTIME, ownership root fo

Post by loelly »

Latest version, 7.0.0.839 (Patch 3a). This behavior has stayed the same since 5.x I think.
veremin
Product Manager
Posts: 20413
Liked: 2301 times
Joined: Oct 26, 2012 3:28 pm
Full Name: Vladimir Eremin
Contact:

Re: Linux Guest File Restore: Wrong MTIME, ownership root fo

Post by veremin »

You're right, indeed.

Currently, we don't preserve folder permissions, group and owner ID during Linux FLR restore, even if the corresponding button ("Preserve permissions") is checked. We only preserve these settings for files. According to the plan, this should be fixed in the next patch.

As to problem with restoration of original modification timestamp, this issue is likely to be fixed in the next release.

Thanks.
loelly
Enthusiast
Posts: 51
Liked: 10 times
Joined: Apr 17, 2014 8:25 am
Full Name: Jens Siegmann
Contact:

Re: Linux Guest File Restore: Wrong MTIME, ownership root fo

Post by loelly »

That's good news for us! Hope everything's going according to the plan. :)

Thank you!

Maik.
veremin
Product Manager
Posts: 20413
Liked: 2301 times
Joined: Oct 26, 2012 3:28 pm
Full Name: Vladimir Eremin
Contact:

Re: Linux Guest File Restore: Wrong MTIME, ownership root fo

Post by veremin »

No problem. Feel free to ask, if any additional help is needed.
Post Reply

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 58 guests