Hi,
I'm trying to restore single files from VDP backup of linux machines (vSphere Data Protection Linux File Level Restore - VMware vSphere Blog).
Everything is at the most recent release. When I try to mount the backup in the flash client (https://VDP_APPLIANCE:8543/flr) I get this error:
Failed to get disks: Failed to determine the partition type. Verify that all the disks on the VM have valid/supported partitions
I tried with nodes with various disk structures, but the error is always the same:
NAME FSTYPE LABEL UUID MOUNTPOINT
sda
├─sda1 ext4 749c6053-e217-4446-a753-bcfdc426df8c /
├─sda2 swap b82985f9-e84f-41f3-8a29-9424bc14d513 [SWAP]
└─sda3 ext4 c0d3298e-e1bc-4e67-beef-c18176965959 /tmp
sr0
NAME FSTYPE LABEL UUID MOUNTPOINT
sda
└─sda1 xfs 8b6d50d8-cfb8-4020-bfe8-3be977eba7c9 /boot
sdb
└─sdb1 LVM2_member DohVGH-Nz0v-6LQq-Kjn7-VDRJ-yGfh-9jv7LP
├─vglocal-root xfs c5999e7e-4711-4fbb-a166-0fe81594233f /
└─vglocal-swap swap 10ad0584-2a34-4cce-9007-11dece9c1c84 [SWAP]
sr0
NAME FSTYPE LABEL UUID MOUNTPOINT
fd0
sda
├─sda1 xfs 5e350928-01d7-43b9-b325-ecad28742610 /boot
└─sda2 LVM2_member 3jZTd6-ic0Z-u8vZ-s7Qq-ZRa5-kvBg-Kimgfq
├─centos-root xfs 6c10a246-9514-4491-a7fd-a74861638507 /
└─centos-swap swap fb55c267-2440-4b4d-9671-de8d295cf121 [SWAP]
sr0
VDP manual says that at least ext4 (first try) should be supported. By the way, is it possible that XFS (the default RedHat filesystem) is not supported at all?
Thank you very much!
I understood that is not possible:
Limitations of vSphere Data Protection File Level Restore
It seems that File Level Restore is actually a Windows-only feature, not supporting even ext4 nor any disk with more than one partition.
I understood that is not possible:
Limitations of vSphere Data Protection File Level Restore
It seems that File Level Restore is actually a Windows-only feature, not supporting even ext4 nor any disk with more than one partition.
Hi, you can try VMcom Backup Appliance (https://vmcom.com) instead of VDP for linux file-level restores.
It supports both xfs and ext4 and also multiple partitions on a single vdisk. At this point, it does not support LVM though. (LVM support will be added in near future.)
Cheers, Pavel
Hi,
External proxies are required for the Linux logical volume manager (LVM) and EXT4 file level restore. Deployment of external proxies is performed using the vSphere Data Protection configure user interface (UI).