Summary

  • The backup from which you plan to restore data must be successfully created at least once.
  • [For backups of Btrfs file system] A machine on which you perform file-level restore must run the same or later Linux kernel version as the machine on which the backup was created.
    • For example, you created a backup of a machine that runs Linux kernel version 4.14. If you perform file-level restore from this backup on another machine that runs Linux kernel 2.6, the file-level restore process will fail.

Procedure

  1. Launch the Veeam Agent for Linux control panel with the veeam or veeamconfig ui command.
  2. In the Veeam Agent for Linux control panel press the 'r' key to proceed to the File Level Restore wizard.
  3. Select the appropriate job name on the Imported Backups pane of the wizard using the Up and Down keys on the keyboard and the Enter key to make your selection.
    In the Restore Points pane, select the restore point from which you want to recover data using the Up and Down keys on the keyboard and the Enter key to make your selection.
    1. NOTE: If you encrypted your backups, you will receive a prompt to enter the password to decrypt them for restore.
  4. Veeam Agent for Linux will mount the selected restore point and display a message once done. The message will indicate where the mounted files are located for restore. Press the Enter key to close the message.
  5. Copy the mounted files with any tools you are familiar with.
  6. Once done, launch the Veeam Backup agent for Linux with the veeam or veeamconfig ui command.
  7. Press 'U' on the keyboard to unmount the backup, press 'Enter' to confirm the unmount, and press 'Esc' to exit the Veeam Agent for Linux control panel.