how to restore the backup of VM

[Tanav]

hi,

i have taken the backup of VM 1 month back through Vcbmounter command . current Storage of esx server got crashed. now i want to restore the vmdk from another storage( on which i took backup i month back). please send me step by step guide for the same.

thanks

Tanav

[athlon_crazy]

Have you try converter standalone 4?

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[Tanav]

hi,

i dont have any converter or vcb proxy to do the same. i want to manually restore the VM through command vcbrestore. i took the backup through vcbmounter.

[athlon_crazy]

oic, okay

vcbMounter -h xx.xx.xx.xx -u root -p password -s /folder/Backup-VMs

or when u edit or modify or want to make another copy instead replace original VM, use below :

vcbMounter -h xx.xx.xx.xx -u root -p password -s /folder/Backup-VMs -a /path/catalog

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[Tanav]

i was asking how to restore, not vcbmounter.

[athlon_crazy]

My mistake(typo), replace "vcbMounter" with "vcbRestore" and remain the rest

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[Tanav]

hi,

i am not able to restore the VM on the alternate esx server and the error message is "vcbRestore -h nda-hclt-esx436 -u root -p esxroot -s /vmfs/volumes/ATA/testback/ -a /tmp/catalog-vm44

2009-06-17 16:28:03.024 'App' 3076453184 info Current working directory: /tmp

2009-06-17 16:28:06.101 'vcbRestore' 3076453184 error Error: ResourcePool "/ha-folder-root/ha-datacenter/host/esx003.hclt.corp.hcl.in/Resources" for VM not found."

can anyone help me on this. the output of /tmp/catalog-vm44 file is below.

version= esx-3.0

state= poweredOn

display_name= "win2k3-32"

uuid= "50363378-2bd2-0336-1505-d32895121353"

disk.scsi0:0.filename= "scsi0-0-0-win2k3-32.vmdk"

disk.scsi0:0.diskname= "[esx_ata|http://communities.vmware.com/community-document-picker.jspa?communityID=&subject=esx_ata] win2k3-32/win2k3-32.vmdk"

config.vmx= "[esx_ata|http://communities.vmware.com/community-document-picker.jspa?communityID=&subject=esx_ata] win2k3-32/win2k3-32.vmx"

host= esx.hclt.corp.hcl.in

timestamp= "Wed Jun 17 12:53:19 2009"

config.suspenddir= "[esx_ata|http://communities.vmware.com/community-document-picker.jspa?communityID=&subject=esx_ata] win2k3-32"

config.snapshotdir= "[esx_ata|http://communities.vmware.com/community-document-picker.jspa?communityID=&subject=esx_ata] win2k3-32"

config.file0= "win2k3-32.vmsd"

config.file1= "win2k3-32.vmxf"

config.file2= "win2k3-32.nvram"

config.logdir= "[esx_ata|http://communities.vmware.com/community-document-picker.jspa?communityID=&subject=esx_ata] win2k3-32"

config.log0= "vmware.log"

folderpath= "/ha-folder-root/ha-datacenter/vm"

resourcepool= "/ha-folder-root/ha-datacenter/host/esx003.hclt.corp.hcl.in/Resources"

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please suggest for the same

[athlon_crazy]

Try remove last line in your catalog :

resourcepool= "/ha-folder-root/ha-datacenter/host/esx003.hclt.corp.hcl.in/Resources"

since clearly it's complaint bout resources for VM not found.

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[Tanav]

but when i remove the last line it gives me the below error

root@nda-hclt-esx436 testback]# vcbRestore -h nda-hclt-esx436 -u root -p esxroot -s /vmfs/volumes/ATA/testback -a /catalog-vm44

Current working directory: /vmfs/volumes/4a0cfc28-70b15361-8358-00188be5ae68/testback

Error: ResourcePool "" for VM not found.

[athlon_crazy]

Can u list down :

• Original ESX fqdn =?

• New ESX Destination fqdn = ?

then run this command from new destination ESX $vcbUtil -h ESXSERVER -u USERNAME -p PASSWORD -c resourcepools

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[Tanav]

hi

• Original ESX fqdn =nda-hclt.esx436.hclt.corp.hcl.in

• New ESX Destination fqdn = esx003.hclt.corp.hcl.in

below is the output of vcbUtil from destination host

# vcbUtil -h esx003 -u root -p esxroot -c resourcepools Current working directory: /root

ResourcePool: "/ha-folder-root/ha-datacenter/host/esx003.hclt.corp.hcl.in/Resources"

[athlon_crazy]

so, your new esx destination have the same resources pool :

<span class="jive-thread-reply-body-container">ResourcePool: "/ha-folder-root/ha-datacenter/host/esx003.hclt.corp.hcl.in/Resources"

but in your catalog, your host is different :

host= esx.hclt.corp.hcl.in

So, just remain your resourcespool in your catalog & correct your host with the valid one

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[Tanav]

i have changed the hostname in catalog but still same error is coming VM not found.

can you send me some troubleshooting steps.

[athlon_crazy]

where did you run this command? do your esx003 is part of cluster?

http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=1000268&sl...

http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=1002978&sl...

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[Tanav]

i run this command on esx003 and its not a part of cluster. both esx003 and nda-hclt-esx436 are standalone host. please suggest the solution

[athlon_crazy]

Then try run once again from esx003 without -h & -p. Make sure your catalog with correct "host & resourcespool"

vcbrestore -s /backupImage/ -a /pathCatalog

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[Tanav]

hi,

one more clarification is required from your side. earlier the VM exist on nda-hclt-esx436 storage and want to restore the backup from nda-hclt-esx436 storage to esx003 storage. do i need to run vcbrestore -s /backupImage/ -a /pathCatalog command on esx003 esx host or nda-hclt-esx436 esx host..

[athlon_crazy]

Since you already modified the catalog for host & resourcespool pointing to esx003, plz run from this host(esx003)

if you are using the original catalog & your host, resourcespool & etc on esx436 still same like your previous setup, you can run it from esx436

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[Tanav]

since my VM backup and catalog reside on esx436 and want to restore on esx003. then how esx003 identify the catalog which is on esx436. do i need to copy the VM backup from esx436 to esx003 and then run the vcbrestore command. please help

[athlon_crazy]

Can your esx003 see backup image in esx436? any shared storage?

Or you can try backup to the old esx (436) first, then later move it to your other esx003

Step :

1. $vcbUtil -h ESXSERVER -u USERNAME -p PASSWORD -c resourcepools

2. $vcbUtil -h ESXSERVER -u USERNAME -p PASSWORD -c vmfolders

3. Make sure you use old backup catalog (host, resourcepools & vmfolders must same in the catalog)

4. run vcbRestore

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