Performing File-Level Restore

Veeam Backup & Replication allows you to restore files and folders from image-level backups of VM instances from the Veeam Backup & Replication console. You can restore files from different guest OS file systems. For more information on guest OS file recovery, see the Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide, section Guest OS File Recovery.

Restore from Microsoft Windows File Systems (FAT, NTFS or ReFS)

Before you start the restore operation, review 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:

1. Launch the File Level Restore wizard:

1. In the Veeam Backup & Replication console, open the Home view.
2. Navigate to Backups > External Repository.
3. Expand the backup policy that protects a VM instance whose files and folders you want to restore, and select the necessary VM instance.
4. Click Guest Files (Windows) on the ribbon.

2. Complete the wizard as described in the Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide, section Restoring VM Guest OS Files (FAT, NTFS or ReFS).

Restore from Linux, Unix and Other Supported File Systems

You can restore files from 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, review 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:

1. Launch the Guest File Restore wizard:

1. In the Veeam Backup & Replication console, open the Home view.
2. Navigate to Backups > External Repository.
3. Expand the backup policy that protects a VM instance whose files and folders you want to restore, and select the necessary VM instance.
4. Click Guest Files (Other) on the ribbon.

2. Complete the wizard as described in the Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide, section Restoring VM Guest OS Files (Multi-OS).

Restore from Other File Systems

Veeam Backup & Replication allows you to restore file systems other than those listed in the Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide, section Platform Support. Depending on the type of your environment, use either of the following options:

• Restore to VMware vSphere environment using the Instant Disk Recovery technology. To learn how to restore from Other Files to VMware vSphere, see the Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide, section Restore from Other File Systems.
• Restore to Hyper-V environment using the Instant Recovery technology. To learn how to restore from Other Files to Hyper-V, see the Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide, section Restore from Other File Systems.