Information included in the article
- Operating systems and file systems that support VMware file-level restore
- Restore individual files/folders from an ESXi host
- Restore individual files/folders from a vCenter server
Operating systems and file systems that support VMware file-level restore
You can enable VMware file-level restore for the following operating systems:
|
Microsoft Windows |
Linux | BSD, Solaris | Mac | Disk Types | RAID |
| FAT, FAT32 | ext2, ext3, ext4 | UFS |
HFS
|
Basic and Dynamic disks are supported | Mirrored RAID volumes are supported. Since there are two disks with the same data, both VMDK images will be mounted for file restore. |
| NTFS | ReiserFS JFS XFS Btrfs |
UFS2 | HFS+ |
Note:
Microsoft Windows:
- ReFS is not supported.
Linux:
- ZFS is not supported.
- Linux LVM is supported; however, encrypted LVM volumes are not supported.
BSD, Solaris:
- Limited support for variants of UFS, used in the following systems - SunOS, Sunx86, HP-UX, NeXTSTEP, OpenStep
RAID:
- All other types of RAID configuration are not supported.
- Striped volumes and split volumes are not supported.
Restore individual files/folders from an ESXi host
You can restore individual files/folders from VMware backup on an IDrive BMR device, irrespective of the operating system used on the virtual machine. All major file systems on the virtual machine are supported. You can create a maximum of 5 restore paths collectively for computers and VMware servers, irrespective of the authentication type selected.
To restore individual files/folders from a backed-up ESXi VM,
- Connect to the IDrive BMR device interface.
- Go to Restore > VMware restore > ESXi.
- Select File restore.
- Select the required ESXi host you want to restore.
- Select a VM and the required recovery point.
- Choose the mount username and enter the password.
- Click Create Restore Path to initiate the restore process.
A restore path will be created and added to the Mount summary section below.
Restore individual files/folders from a vCenter server
To restore individual files/folders from a backed-up vCenter VM,
- Connect to the IDrive BMR device interface.
- Go to Restore > VMware restore > vCenter.
- Select File restore.
- Select the required vCenter server you want to restore.
- Select an ESXi host.
- Select a VM and the required recovery point.
- Choose the mount username and enter the password.
- Click Create Restore Path to initiate the restore process.
A restore path will be created and added to the Mount summary section below.