Step 2. Explore Backup Content
For file-level restore, you can use backups of any type:
- Volume-level backups (backups of the entire computer or specific volumes)
- File-level backups
To view detailed information about specific backup, use the following command:
veeamconfig backup show --id <backup_id> |
where:
<backup_id> — ID of the backup for which you want to view detailed information.
For a volume-level backup, Veeam Agent for Linux displays the following information:
Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
Machine name | Host name of the machine on which the backup job is configured and the name of the job. |
Name | Name of the volume in the backup. |
Device | Path to the block device that represents the volume. |
FS UUID | File system ID. |
Offset | Position of the volume on the computer disk. |
Size | Size of the volume in the backup. |
For a file-level backup, Veeam Agent for Linux displays the following information:
Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
Machine name | Host name of the machine on which the backup job is configured and the name of the job. |
Backed up | Backup scope for the file-level backup job. |
For example:
user@srv01:~$ veeamconfig backup show --id ea64a7e5-038a-4c86-970a-6d59d4cf3968 |