Restore the car

Last update: March 25 2025

Restore the car

You can recover the entire machine if it is inoperable using Veeam Recovery Media. You can also use this method to recover active partitions or partitions used by the OS.

Preparing for recovery⁠

In order for recovery to be possible, you must have a system image with the necessary drivers (Linux) or a boot disk (Windows) created prior to recovery, see the instructions for details Prepare for recovery with Veeam Recovery Media. If you are restoring a machine to Selectel's cloud platform, boot disk.

The restored machine will have a different BIOS UUID, so it is possible that duplicate machines may appear in the Veeam Service Provider Console (vac.selectel.ru). If you want to avoid this, remove the backup agent and management agent from the source machine before starting the restore. If the source machine is unavailable, remove the management agent on the Veeam Service Provider Console portal.

Prepare a boot disk for recovery to the cloud platform⁠

If you are restoring a machine to Selectel's cloud platform:

1. In the Selectel image repository download the Veeam Recovery Media image.

2. Create a disk from the image.

3. Make the disk bootable.

Remove the management agent in the portal⁠

1. On the portal Veeam Service Provider Console go to Discovery → Managed computers.
2. Open the tab Discovered Computers.
3. Mark the car.
4. Click Management Agent → Delete.

Restore the car⁠

Linux

Read more about recovering a machine with Veeam Recovery Media in the section Restoring from Veeam Recovery Media Veeam documentation, on possible recovery issues — at Veeam website.

Internet access will be required to connect to the Selectel repository.

1. Connect Veeam Recovery Media to the machine.

2. In BIOS/UEFI, prioritize booting from this media.

3. Turn on the machine and wait for Veeam Recovery Media to load. The SSH server will start automatically and provide connection parameters.

4. If SSH is not required, click Proceed without SSH.

5. Accept the license agreement and click Continue.

6. Click Configure network → Edit a connection.

7. Configure the network settings for Internet access and tap OK.

8. Click Back.

9. Click Activate a connection.

10. When the settings are complete, press OK.

11. Select the type of recovery Restore volumes.

12. Click Add Cloud Provider and specify:

    • address: vcc.selectel.ru;
    • port: 6180.

13. A security certificate warning appears when you try to connect. Press Accept.

14. Optional: check the certificate imprint.

15. After accepting the certificate, enter your Veeam Service Provider Console portal account credentials.

16. Select the desired backup and restore point. The current partition table on the machine will be displayed on the left and the current partition table in the backup will be displayed on the right.

17. To recover the entire partition, select the partition → Restore from… and select a partition from the backup.

18. To recover the entire partitioned disk, select the physical device → Restore from… and select a disk from the backup.

19. Check that the column Restore в Current system disks and partitions are mapped correctly.

20. To start recovery, press S → Enter. The startup time depends on the amount of data to be recovered and the network speed.

21. After launching, press Esc.

22. To turn off the machine, press Shutdown.

23. To disconnect the drive from Veeam Recovery Media, click ACTIONS → Media → Eject Media.

Windows

1. Run the Veeam Recovery Media recovery wizard.

2. In step Backup Location select Network storage.

3. Click Next.

4. In step Network Storage select Veeam Cloud Connect Repository.

5. Click Configure Network Settings.

6. Select a network adapter and press Properties.

7. Configure the network adapter settings according to the requirements of the network to which the machine is connected. In a new vApp, you can use DHCP during the recovery phase.

8. Click OK.

9. In step Service Provider in the field DNS name or IP address enter vcc.selectel.ru.

10. In the field Port enter 6180.

11. Click Next.

12. In step Credentials enter the user name and password used to access the Veeam Service Provider Console portal.

13. Click Next.

14. In step Backup select the backup from which the machine will be restored.

15. Click Next.

16. In step Restore Point select a restore point.

17. Click Next.

18. In step Restore Mode select recovery mode:

    • Entire Computer — rebuilding a whole car;
    • System volumes only — system disk recovery;
    • Manual Restore (advanced) — restoring individual volumes with the possibility of mapping and resizing them, more details in the manual Step 10. Map Restored Disks Veeam documentation.

19. Click View automatically detected disk mapping.

20. Check the automatic allocation of data to disks.

21. In step Summary click Restore.

22. In step Progress wait for the recovery to complete and press Finish. Error Saving restore logs has no effect on recovery, it can be ignored.

23. To restart the machine, press Yes.