Restoring Guest Files and Folders

You can restore guest files and folders from an Amazon instance to a specified proxy client.

File Level Browse is supported for Linux and Windows virtual machines.

Before You Begin

• Run an IntelliSnap backup job.

• To live browse and restore files from an ReFS volume from a backup of a Windows 2016 VM, you must use a MediaAgent running on Windows 2016 or later.

• Ensure that the MediaAgent that is used to mount the IntelliSnap backups is part of Amazon and resides in the same region where the IntelliSnap backups reside.

• For Linux: Ensure that the File Recovery Enabler for Linux that is used to mount the IntelliSnap backups is part of Amazon and resides in the same region where the IntelliSnap backups reside.

• Starting with Feature Release 22, for Windows VMs, you can use direct read backups to perform a live browse from the snapshot copy by reading data directly from the snapshots, without the need to create and attach volumes to the access node.

Procedure

1. From the CommCell Browser, expand Client Computers > virtualization_client > Virtual Server > Amazon > backup_set.

2. Initiate the restore from a subclient or backup set:

   • From a subclient: Right-click the subclient and select Browse and Restore.

   • From a backup set: Right-click the backup set, point to All Tasks, and click Browse and Restore.

3. In the Browse and Restore Options dialog box, select Guest Files and Folders, and then click View Content.

4. From the list of backed up instances, select files or folders to be restored and click Recover All Selected.

5. In the Restore Options for All Selected Items dialog box, provide the following information:

   Restore ACLs	Select to preserve the source file or folder permissions.
   Unconditional Overwrite	Select to overwrite files or folders with the same name.
   Restore Destination	Proxy Client – Select a proxy to restore to a specific client. Specify destination path – Enter a path on the proxy or click Browse to select a path.
   Preserve Source Paths	Select one of the following options: Preserve - Select this option and specify the number of folder levels to preserve. Remove - Select this option and specify the number of folder levels to remove.
   Impersonate User	Select this option to provide credentials for the destination client, then provide the user name and password.

6. Select the Advanced Options tab, and configure the following:

   • Enable the Browse from copy precedence option, and select the copy precedence.

   • From the File Recovery Enabler for Linux option, select the file recovery enabler.

   • From the Use MediaAgent option, select the MediaAgent.

   • Click OK.