Restoring Guest Files and Folders for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

You can restore guest files and folders from instance backups to a physical machine or an instance. You can only restore files or folders to the source instance if a file system agent is installed on the source VM.

Note

By default, when you restore guest files from a backup of an Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) hypervisor, Commvault selects the access node to perform the operation. To specify the access node yourself, use the Preferred node for guest file restores setting. The access node that you specify is used for all guest file restores associated with this hypervisor. For more information, see "Specify a Preferred Node for Guest File Restores" in Configuring an Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Hypervisor.

Prerequisites

If a passkey is configured for restores, you must have the passkey.
To restore files from a Linux instance, deploy a preferred node for guest file restores. The preferred node for guest file restores must meet the following requirements:
- Oracle Linux 8.4
- Oracle Linux 8.5
- Virtual Server Agent and MediaAgent packages installed
For more information, see the following:
- Automatic Configuration of a MediaAgent as a Linux Access Node
- Converting a Linux MediaAgent to a Linux Access Node

Procedure

From the Command Center navigation pane, go to Protect > Virtualization.

The Overview page appears.
Click the VM groups tab.

The VM group page appears.
In the VM groups area, click Restore for the VM group that contains the virtual machine.

The Select restore type page appears.
Select Guest files and folders.

The Restore page appears.
To select a different MediaAgent or source copy for the restore, or to switch to live browse mode, do the following:
1. If you intend to switch to live browse mode, in the left column, you must click a folder in order for the Browse from media toggle key to be displayed in the Change source dialog box.
2. In the upper-right area of the page, click Change source.
  
  The Change source dialog box appears.
3. To switch to live browse mode (browsing from media), move the Browse from media toggle key to the right.
4. To select a specific source and/or MediaAgent for the restore, do the following:
  - Restore from copy: Select one of the following:
    - Automatic (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.
    - Primary: The software searches for the requested data in the primary copy.
    - Snap copy: The software searches for the requested data in the snap copy.
  - MediaAgent: Select the MediaAgent that performed the backup.
  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.
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.
To delete an existing file and replace it with the restored file, select Unconditionally overwrite if it already exists.
Click Submit.