Prerequisites

General

  • File level restores are initiated utilizing the Veeam Backup Agent on the machine they originated from.
  • The backup from which you plan to restore data must be successfully created at least once.
  • [For backups stored in network shared folders and on backup repositories] You must have access to the target location where the backup file resides.
  • A user account under which you start the restore operation must have administrative privileges on the Veeam Agent computer. If the account under which you are currently logged on to Microsoft Windows does not have administrative privileges, you will be prompted to enter administrator credentials.
  • If the backups are encrypted, ensure you have access to the encryption keys needed to decrypt the backups when prompted.

ReFS Restore

If you restore files or folders from a ReFS volume-level backup, the Veeam Agent computer where you perform restore must run the OS that supports the specific ReFS version. For example, you can restore files from a ReFS 3.x volume only to a computer that runs one of the following OSes:

  • Microsoft Windows 10 version 1709 or later
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2016 or later

NTFS Restore

  • If you restore files or folders from an NTFS volume-level backup that was made on another machine, and Data Deduplication is enabled for some volumes of the backup, the Veeam Agent computer where you perform restore must run the same OS version or later as the backed-up machine OS.
  • If you restore files or folders from an NTFS volume-level backup that was made on another machine, and the allocation unit size of volumes is set to 128K or greater, the Veeam Agent computer where you perform restore must run one of the following OSes:
    • Microsoft Windows 10 version 1709 or later
    • Microsoft Windows Server 2019 or later

Procedure

  1. Launch the File Level Restore wizard. This can be done from one of the following methods:
    1. Double-click the Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows icon in the system tray or right-click the icon and select Control Panel. In the main menu, hover over the name of the job that that created the backup from which you want to restore data, and select Restore file.
    2. Double-click the Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows icon in the system tray or right-click the icon and select Control Panel. In the Control Panel, click a bar of the necessary backup job session. Click Restore Files at the bottom of the window. Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows will automatically publish the backup content into the computer file system and open the Veeam Backup browser with the backed up data from that specific job.
      1. NOTE: There are other methods to initiate a File Level Restore. However, the two options above are the only options that will automatically load connection information into the restore wizard for retrieving data sent to EvolveIP.
  2. At the Backup Location step of the wizard, specify where the backup file that you plan to restore resides. Typically, this will be Network Storage, if the data is being backed up to EvolveIP.
  3. In the Backup step of the wizard, select a backup from which you want to recover data.
    1. This step won't be shown if there is only one backup job on the system.
  4. At the Restore Point step of the wizard, select a restore point from which you want to recover data.
  5. Click Open. Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows will retrieve the content of the backup file, publish it directly into the file system of your computer and display it in the Veeam Backup browser.
  6. From the Veeam File Level Backup Browser, navigate to the file(s) or folder(s) that you want to restore. Right click on them and use the following options to restore them:
    1. Restore: Overwrite
      1. This option will restore the backed up file overwriting the current version with that of the backed up version.
    2. Restore: Keep:
      1. This option will restore the backed up file along side the current version with that of the backed up version. The restored version will be prepended with RESTORED- in the filename.
    3. Copy To...:
      1. This will open a prompt to provide a location to copy the restored data to. This can be a local or network location. The user that initiated the restore needs write permissions within the location that the files will be copied to.
    4. Explorer
      1. This will open the selected location in a Windows Explorer window. This will allow for more advanced searching and copying and pasting of the data from the mounted backup location.
  7. Once complete, close the Veeam File Level Backup Browser and the Veeam Backup Agent control panel.