Restore the car

Last update: May 27 2025

Restore the car

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

Preparing for recovery⁠

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 Prepare for Recovery with Veeam Recovery Media for details.If you are recovering a machine to the Selectel cloud platform, prepare a boot disk.

The recovered machine will have a different BIOS UUID, so there may be duplicate machines in 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 from 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. Download the Veeam Recovery Media image from the Selectel image repository.

2. Create a disk from the image.

3. Make the disk bootable.

Remove the management agent in the portal⁠

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

Restore the car⁠

Linux

Learn more about restoring a machine using Veeam Recovery Media in the Restoring from Veeam Recovery Media section of the Veeam documentation, and about possible problems during recovery on the 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 press OK.

8. Press Back.

9. Click Activate a connection.

10. When the settings are complete, press OK.

11. Select the Restore volumes type.

12. Click Add Cloud Provider and specify:

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

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

14. After accepting the certificate, enter the company ID that is used when authorizing on the portal.

15. 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.

16. To restore the entire partition, select partition → Restore from… and select the partition from the backup.

17. To restore the entire partitioned disk, select physical device → Restore from… and select the disk from the backup.

18. Check that disks and partitions are mapped correctly in the Restore column in Current system.

19. Press S → Enter to start recovery. The startup time depends on the amount of data to be recovered and the network speed.

20. After the startup, press Esc.

21. To turn off the machine, press Shutdown.

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

Windows

1. Run the Veeam Recovery Media recovery wizard.

2. In the Backup Location step, select Network storage.

3. Click Next.

4. On the Network Storage step, select Veeam Cloud Connect Repository.

5. Click Configure Network Settings.

6. Select the network adapter and click 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 the Service Provider step, in the DNS name or IP address field, enter vcc.selectel.ru.

10. In the Port field, enter 6180.

11. Click Next.

12. In the Credentials step, enter the company ID and password used to access the Veeam Service Provider Console portal.

13. Click Next.

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

15. Click Next.

16. At the Restore Point step, select a restore point.

17. Click Next.

18. In the Restore Mode step, select Restore Mode:

    • Entire Computer — restore an entire machine;
    • System volumes only — restore system disks;
    • Manual Restore (advanced) — restoring individual volumes with the possibility of their mapping and resizing, 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 the Summary step, click Restore.

22. At the Progress step, wait for the restore to complete and click Finish. The Saving restore logs error does not affect the restore and can be ignored.

23. To reboot the machine, press Yes.