Restoring individual directories and files on a VM or BareMetal server
You can restore individual files and directories from a backup to any VM or BareMetal server in the Running
status connected to Cloud Backup:
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In the management console
, select the folder where the backup is located. -
From the list of services, select Cloud Backup.
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In the left-hand panel, select
Backups. -
Depending on the resource you want to recover files and directories for, select the Virtual machines or BareMetal servers tab.
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Select the backup to restore individual files or directories from.
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In the file manager that opens, select the files and directories you want to restore.
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In the bottom panel, click
Add to list of files to be recovered. -
Add all files and directories you want to restore, one by one, to the To recover list.
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Click Recover files, and in the window that opens:
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Select a VM or BareMetal server to recover the files and directories to.
Note
Make sure the VM or BareMetal server you are recovering the files and directories to is connected to Cloud Backup.
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(Optional, VMs only) Specify whether to reboot the VM following recovery.
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Select a location to restore the files to:
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Original
: Restore the files to their original directories. -
Custom
: Restore the files to a user-defined directory.For custom location, in the file manager that opens, select the directory to restore the files to.
To create a new directory, click
Create and specify its name.Note
A directory name may not contain the following characters:
\
,/
,:
,*
,?
,"
,'
,<
,>
,|
.
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Select an action to perform when file names from a backup match file names on a VM or BareMetal server:
Overwrite all files in folder
.Overwrite only existing files
.Do not overwrite files
: Files that are not in the source directory will not be written either.
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Click Recover.
You can check the progress of file recovery on the