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title: "Restoring Files and Folders"
description: "You can restore individual files and folders from Veeam Agent backups. The procedure of file-level restore from a Veeam Agent backup is similar to the same procedure for a VM backup."
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breadcrumb: "User Guide > Using with Veeam Backup & Replication > Restoring Data from Veeam Agent Backups > Restoring Files and Folders"
dateModified: "2026-10-27"
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# Restoring Files and Folders

You can restore individual files and folders from Veeam Agent backups.

The procedure of file-level restore from a Veeam Agent backup is similar to the same procedure for a VM backup. To learn more about file-level restore, see the [Guest OS File Restore](https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbr/userguide/guest_file_recovery.html?ver=13) section in the Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide.



When you perform the file-level restore procedure, Veeam Backup & Replication provides the following options for mounting disks of the machine from the backup or replica:

- Mounting disks to the original host.

  ::: important

  Veeam backup server must be able to resolve the domain name of the original host into IP address.

  :::

- Mounting disks to a helper host — any Linux host in your infrastructure with a [supported operating system](https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbr/userguide/system_requirements.html?ver=13#helper-host).
- Mounting disks to a temporary helper appliance — a helper VM required to mount Linux computer disks from the backup.

  If you have selected to mount disks to a temporary helper appliance, it is recommended that you add a vCenter Server and not a standalone ESXi host in the Veeam backup console. If Veeam Backup & Replication is set up to deploy a helper appliance on a standalone ESXi host, after Veeam Backup & Replication removes the helper appliance, the helper VM will be displayed in vCenter as *orphaned*.





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