File-Level Recovery

To restore VM files and folders, Veeam Backup for Oracle Linux Virtualization Manager and Red Hat Virtualization performs the following steps:

1. Veeam Backup & Replication mounts disks of the VM to either of the following instances:

• To the backup server or a mount server if the VM guest OS is Microsoft Windows.
• To a helper host if the VM guest OS is a Linux-based operating system.

A helper host is a VM running the Linux operating system with a minimal set of components. You can use a VM as the helper host if it meets the minimum system requirements.

2. Veeam Backup & Replication launches the Veeam Backup browser.

The Veeam Backup browser displays the file system tree of the backed-up VM. In the browser, you select the necessary files and folders to restore.

3. Veeam Backup & Replication restores the selected files and folders to the original location or to a new location.
4. Veeam Backup & Replication detaches the disks from the backup server, mount server or helper host.

To learn how to restore VM files and folders, see Performing File-Level Recovery.