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carlor
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VMBK Recovery Process

Hi all,

I am using vmbk.pl to backup my virtual machines to a NAS drive.

The output of the backup are files consisting of .vmdk, .vmx, .nvram and .vmxf extensions, along with a catalog file and a bunch of logs.

How do I go about restoring these files to a virtualised state on my ESX server?

I have read that vcbRestore is used to restore the files (using the catalog file), however, vcbRestore is non-existant on my ESX server (I have tried executing it via ssh as an administrator).

I have not yet installed Virtual Centre 2.5 due to a lack of hardware - is it possible to install Virtual Centre on a virtual machine residing on the host ESX server?

Many thanks,

Carlo

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