Performing Guest OS File Recovery
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Guest OS File Recovery can be performed only using backup files stored in standard repositories for which you have specified one-time access keys of an IAM user whose permissions are used to access the repository. To learn how to specify credentials for repositories, see sections Creating New Repositories and Connecting to Existing Appliances. |
Veeam Backup & Replication allows you to use image-level backups to restore files and folders of various EC2 guest OS file systems from the Veeam Backup & Replication console. For more information, see the Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide, section Guest OS File Recovery.
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You can also perform file-level restore using the Veeam Backup for AWS Web UI. To learn how to recover files and folders to a local machine using file-level restore browser, see the Veeam Backup for AWS User Guide, section Performing File-Level Restore. |
Restoring from Microsoft Windows File Systems (FAT, NTFS or ReFS)
Before you start the restore operation, check the limitations and prerequisites described in the Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide, section Requirements and Limitations.
To restore guest OS files and folders, do the following:
- In the Veeam Backup & Replication console, open the Home view.
- Navigate to Backups > External Repository.
- Expand the backup policy that protects an EC2 instance whose files and folders you want to restore, select the necessary instance and click Guest Files (Windows) on the ribbon.
- Complete the File Level Restore wizard as described in the Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide, section Restoring VM Guest OS Files (FAT, NTFS or ReFS).
Restoring from Linux, Unix and Other Supported File Systems
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You can restore files of Linux, Solaris, BSD, Novell Storage Services, Unix and Mac machines. For the list of supported file systems, see the Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide, section Platform Support. |
Before you start the restore operation, check the limitations and prerequisites described in the Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide, section Requirements and Limitations.
To restore guest OS files and folders, do the following:
- In the Veeam Backup & Replication console, open the Home view.
- Navigate to Backups > External Repository.
- Expand the backup policy that protects an EC2 instance whose files and folders you want to restore, select the necessary instance and click Guest OS (Other) on the ribbon.
- Complete the Guest File Restore wizard as described in the Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide, section Restoring VM Guest OS Files (Multi-OS).
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If the file system whose files and folders you want to restore is not included in the list of supported systems, do either of the following:
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