Restoring Files Using Media Library

To restore files and directories from full backups, you can use the media library. This may be useful if you set up Veeam Agent for IBM AIX to create multiple full backups to the same VTD file.

The media library contains information about data stored in the VTD file. Within every full backup session, Veeam Agent for IBM AIX creates a new entry in the media library. The name of the entry identifies the time when the backup was created.

Before you perform file-level restore, make sure that the backup location where the backup file (that is, the VTD file from which you want to restore data) resides is selected as the default backup location.

To restore a file or directory from a full backup using the media library:

1. Start the gubax utility with the gubax command.
2. In the gubax main menu, select Media library.

3. In the Media library menu, select Select entry.

4. In the Media library menu, select the media library entry created for the full backup file from which you want to restore data. The name of the media library entry defines the date and time when the backup was created.

5. In the Dataset menu, select the number of the dataset that contains the file or directory that you want to restore. You can view the number of the dataset in the backup script that you used to create the backup from which you want to restore data. For example, if you created backup using the default veeam.scp backup script, the dataset number 1 contains backup of the root file system of your machine.

6. Browse to the file or directory that you want to restore, and press [SPACE]. You can select one or more objects for file-level restore. The selected object will be marked with the "minus" symbol (-).

Once you select all files and/or directories that you want to restore, browse to the root directory in the backup to return to the Media library menu.

7. [Optional] In the Media library menu, select Show selected files.

8. [Optional] View the list of files and directories that will be restored and select Exit.

9. In the Media library menu, select Restore selected files.

10. [For encrypted backup] In the Volume header form, specify the encryption key type and path to the key that will be used for data decryption.

Alternatively, in case you restore data from an unencrypted backup, make sure that the Key type is set to none, and then select OK.

11. Veeam Agent for IBM AIX will restore the selected object(s) and display the results of the operation. Press [ENTER] to complete the restore operation.