Note:
These instructions assume that a backup has been taken using the vRanger
product, but for whatever reason, the VM from which the backup was taken
is not available to be restored. All of the actions/ commands can be
executed on the target Host using Putty, except where noted to use
WinSCP.
1. Locate the .tvzc files that were created when the backup was made.
These files should be located either in the storage associated with the
VM, or the box from which vRanger was run.
2. If the backed up VM is gone/ deleted from disk in the VIC, make
sure to also delete all the .vmdk files associated with that VM from the
Host. This prevents issues when registering the .tvzc files for the
restore.
3. Download vcbrestore.zip from
http://www.vizioncore.com/Downloads/ProductSupport/vcbrestore.zip.
Extract vcbrestore to the tmp directory on the Host where the restore
will reside using WinSCP.
4. Run chmod 777 /tmp/ vcbrestore in the tmp directory on the Host
where the restore will reside.
5. Create a directory on the VMFS volume of the Host where the
restore will reside, naming the directory in accordance with the VM that
is to be restored. (i.e. if the backed up VM was named ‘test01’, the
directory should also be named ‘test01’)
6. Using WinSCP (disable Transfer Resume), move the .tvzc files from
their storage location to the VMFS directory on the Host where the
restore will reside.
Example:
Use WinSCP to copy test01.tvzc files from storage to the Host in
the directory you created. i.e. /vmfs/volumes/storage/test01
7. List the files in the .tvzc
/tmp/vcbrestore -D -I ./test01.tvzc -O /dev/stdout |tar tvf –
-O
where ‘test01′ is the name of the tvzc file
8. Extract each file needed in the directory.
/tmp/vcbrestore -D -I ./test01.tvzc -O /dev/stdout |tar xvf –
« file names »
Note: The file names can be stringed together in one command line
vs. executing individual commands for file extraction by putting a space
between the various file names.
9. Rename the .vzsnp files.
This is accomplished by actually moving the files within the same
directory and removing the .vzsnp extension from the files.
Example:
mv ./test01.vmdk.vzsnp ./test01.vmxf
10. Register the .vmx file to the Host
vmware-cmd -s register <full path to the .vmx file>
You might still have to edit the VM in the Vi3 client to fix any issues.
Once the VM is up and running rm tvzc to remove the files from the VMFS.
[root@vc-esx3-lab02 mac-12]# ls
mac-12_2.tvzc mac-12_2.tvzc.info
[root@vc-esx3-lab02 mac-12]# /tmp/vcbrestore -D -I ./mac-12_2.tvzc -O /dev/stdout |tar tvf – -O
-rw——- root/root 104857600 2007-11-12 03:58:07 mac-12-flat.vmdk
-rw——- root/root 331 2007-11-13 03:23:54 mac-12.vmdk.vzsnp
-rw-r–r– root/root 17873 2007-11-13 03:23:54 vmware.log.vzsnp
-rw-r–r– root/root 17597 2007-11-13 03:23:54 vmware-1.log.vzsnp
-rw——- root/root 250 2007-11-13 03:23:54 mac-12.vmxf.vzsnp
-rwxr-xr-x root/root 1464 2007-11-13 03:23:54 mac-12.vmx.vzsnp
-rw——- root/root 0 2007-11-13 03:23:54 mac-12.vmsd.vzsnp
-rw——- root/root 8664 2007-11-13 03:23:55 mac-12.nvram.vzsnp
[root@vc-esx3-lab02 mac-12]# /tmp/vcbrestore -D -I ./mac-12_2.tvzc -O /dev/stdout |tar xvf – mac-12-flat.vmdk
mac-12-flat.vmdk
[root@vc-esx3-lab02 mac-12]# /tmp/vcbrestore -D -I ./mac-12_2.tvzc -O /dev/stdout |tar xvf – mac-12.vmdk.vzsnp vmware.log.vzsnp vmware-1.log.vzsnp
mac-12.vmdk.vzsnp
vmware.log.vzsnp
vmware-1.log.vzsnp
[root@vc-esx3-lab02 mac-12]# /tmp/vcbrestore -D -I ./mac-12_2.tvzc -O /dev/stdout |tar xvf – mac-12.vmxf.vzsnp mac-12.vmx.vzsnp mac-12.vmsd.vzsnp mac-12.nvram.vzsnp
mac-12.vmxf.vzsnp
mac-12.vmx.vzsnp
mac-12.vmsd.vzsnp
mac-12.nvram.vzsnp
[root@vc-esx3-lab02 mac-12]# mv mac-12.vmdk.vzsnp mac-12.vmdk
[root@vc-esx3-lab02 mac-12]# mv vmware.log.vzsnp vmware.log
[root@vc-esx3-lab02 mac-12]# mv vmware-1.log.vzsnp vmware-1.log
[root@vc-esx3-lab02 mac-12]# mv mac-12.vmxf.vzsnp mac-12.vmxf
[root@vc-esx3-lab02 mac-12]# mv mac-12.vmx.vzsnp mac-12.vmx
[root@vc-esx3-lab02 mac-12]# mv mac-12.vmsd.vzsnp mac-12.vmsd
[root@vc-esx3-lab02 mac-12]# mv mac-12.nvram.vzsnp mac-12.nvram
[root@vc-esx3-lab02 mac-12]# vmware-cmd -s register /vmfs/volumes/46e15bf9-b95f948e-1f6b-0015c5ef9ac7/mac-12/mac-12.vmx
register(/vmfs/volumes/46e15bf9-b95f948e-1f6b-0015c5ef9ac7/mac-12/mac-12.vmx) = 1
[root@vc-esx3-lab02 mac-12]# rm mac-12_2.tvzc mac-12_2.tvzc.info
rm: remove regular file `mac-12_2.tvzc’? y
rm: remove regular file `mac-12_2.tvzc.info’? y
[root@vc-esx3-lab02 mac-12]# vmware-cmd /vmfs/volumes/46e15bf9-b95f948e-1f6b-0015c5ef9ac7/mac-12/mac-12.vmx start
start() = 1
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Sous windows:
C:\Program Files\vizioncore\esxRanger Professional\FileZipper.exe” -D -I “D:\bak-restore\serverX.tvzc” -O “D:\RestoreVM\server_X-flat.vmdk.vzsnp
bsdtar.exe xzvf – “D:\Restore\server_X-flat.vmdk.vzsnp” “D:\vm\server_1.vmdk”
