Restoring VM Files

You can recover corrupted or missing files of an Azure VM from a cloud-native snapshot or image-level backup. Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft Azure allows you to restore files and folders from the source Azure VM to the original location or to a new location using the File-Level Recovery Explorer.

Before You Begin

• To perform file-level recovery, the Azure VM must be in the running state.
• File-level recovery is supported from FAT, FAT32, NTFS, EXT2, ext3, ext4, XFS, BTRFS file systems only. For Microsoft Windows systems, file-level recovery is supported for basic volumes only.
• File-level recovery to the original location is supported only for Windows-based Azure VMs running Windows Server version 2016 (or later) and Windows version 10 (or later), and for Linux-based Azure VMs using the systemd init system.
  
• File-level recovery of Azure VMs with the Azure Disk Encryption option enabled is not supported in the current Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft Azure version.
• File-level recovery from virtual disks with Windows-native Data Deduplication enabled is not supported. To work around the issue, you can restore entire virtual disks, and then attach these disks to an Azure VM with the deduplication feature enabled. To learn how to restore entire virtual disks, see Restoring VM Disks.
  
• File-level recovery of Arm-based Azure VMs to the original location is not supported.

Restoring VM Files

To recover files and folders of a protected Azure VM, do the following:

1. Launch the File-Level Recovery wizard.
2. Select a restore point.
3. Specify Veeam service account.
4. Start the restore session.
5. Select files to restore.
6. Review and stop the restore session.