Restore the virtual machine

Last update: March 04 2024

Restore the virtual machine

You can recover the entire virtual 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. For more information about recovery via Veeam Recovery Media, see Recovery with Veeam Recovery Media.

Preparing for recovery⁠

For recovery to be possible, you must have a system image with required drivers (Linux) or a boot disk (Windows) created before recovery, see Recovery with Veeam Recovery Media.

The restored virtual machine will have a different BIOS UUID, so it is possible that duplicate machines may appear 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:

1. On the Veeam Service Provider Console, go to Discovery → Managed computers.
2. Open the Discovered Computers tab.
3. Check the virtual machine.
4. Click Management Agent → Delete.

Restore the car⁠

Linux

For more information about restoring a virtual machine using Veeam Recovery Media, see Restoring from Veeam Recovery Media in the Veeam documentation, and about possible problems during restoration, see 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. Press Activate a connection.

10. Press OK when the setting is complete.

11. Select the type of restore Restore volumes.

12. Click Add Cloud Provider and specify:

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

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

14. Optional: check certificate-imprint.

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

16. Select the desired copy 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 restore the entire partition, select the partition → Restore from… and select the partition from the backup.

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

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

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

21. After starting, press Esc.

22. Press Shutdown to turn off the machine.

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

Windows

1. Run the Veeam Recovery Media recovery wizard.

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

3. Press 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 virtual machine is connected. In the new vApp, you can use DHCP during the recovery phase.

8. Press OK.

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

10. In the Port field, enter 6180.

11. Press Next.

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

13. Press Next.

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

15. Press Next.

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

17. Press Next.

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

    • Entire Computer — restore an entire virtual machine;
    • System volumes only — restore system disks;
    • Manual Restore (advanced) — restore individual volumes with the possibility of their mapping and resizing, more details in the instruction Step 10. Map Restored Disks Veeam documentation.

19. Press View automatically detected disk mapping.

20. Check the automatic allocation of data to disks.

21. At the Summary step, click Restore.

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

23. To reboot the virtual machine, click Yes.