Restoring Guest Files for Oracle VM

You can restore guest files and folders from virtual machine backups.

When you restore files from a Linux instance, the file recovery enabler specified for the hypervisor is used to recover files.

Prerequisites

If a passkey is configured for restores, you must have the passkey.

Procedure

1. From the Command Center navigation pane, go to Protect > Virtual machines.

   The Overview page appears.

2. Click the VM groups tab.

   The VM group page appears.

3. On the VM groups tab, in the row for the VM group, click the action button , and then click Restore.

   The Select restore type page appears.

4. Select Guest files and folders.

   The Restore page appears.

5. To select a specific MediaAgent and/or source for the restore, in the upper-right area of the page, click the Settings button .

   By default, the Commvault software automatically selects the MediaAgent and source as follows:

   • MediaAgent: The software uses the MediaAgent that performed the backup.

   • Source: By default, the software searches for the requested data in the primary copy. If the data is not found in the primary copy, the software selects a secondary or auxiliary copy.

   For more information, see MediaAgent and Copy Precedence Considerations for Virtualization Restores.

6. Select the data to restore, and then click Restore.

   The Restore options dialog box appears.

7. Specify the destination for recovered files.

   • To restore in place, leave the value in the Destination client list.

   • To restore to a different proxy:

     1. Change the value in the Destination client box to use a different proxy.

     2. Optional: To use the Impersonate user option, type the host name and credentials for the new destination.

        By default, the Local System account on the destination client is used to perform the restore operation; but you can use the Impersonate user option to provide credentials for another user account.

        The user must have permissions to create files in the specified location on the destination.

     3. For the Destination path box, type a full path or click Browse to select a destination folder.

8. To delete an existing file and replace it with the restored file, select Unconditionally overwrite if it already exists.

9. Click Submit.