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Restore Client - login to

jnsvano — Tue, 06 Sep 2016 13:40:34 GMT

Hi,

VDP 6.1. I'm studying how to do file level recovery and Admin Guide says I must access the VDP Restore Client:

https://<IP_address_of _VDP_appliance>:8543/flr

It's asking me for username and password ("Basic mode") and I don't understand what I must to enter.

When I use the same credentials that are OK in

ttps://<VDP_Appliance>:8543/vdp-configure/

- default username root and password, Restore Client says:

"Login failed. Cannot locate vm in vCenter". Which vm ? Must I configure something first ?

Re: Restore Client - login to

rcporto — Tue, 06 Sep 2016 14:35:25 GMT

You are open the File Restore in a Windows or Linux VM? That VM is backuped by VDP too?

Re: Restore Client - login to

jnsvano — Tue, 06 Sep 2016 15:57:56 GMT

Must I open this from vm ? What if I have only Linux VMs with command line onlty ?

Are there any alternatives to do file lever restore ?

Re: Restore Client - login to

rcporto — Tue, 06 Sep 2016 16:02:30 GMT

Sorry, but to use the FLR on Linux, you have to log on in a Linux virtual machine with GUI (and Flash enabled) and that virtual machine must be backed at least once.

Take a look at the VMware KB article: Logging in to the vSphere Data Protection Restore Client fails with the error: Cannot locate login client in VDP (204209…

To resolve this issue, log in to a virtual machine where a backup job has been created and run to allow for file level restores.

Re: Restore Client - login to

jnsvano — Wed, 07 Sep 2016 08:14:10 GMT

Here is what I investigated with this isuue additionally:

1). you could use any VM that has GUI to see possible file level restores from all VMs - when using advanced login.

2). you can restore any of these vm files only to machine where you run the browser restore client

am I right ?

I found another issue with FLR, probably will create other thread for this.