Forum Discussion

stucci's avatar
stucci
Level 6
9 years ago

How I restore Hyper-v VM in a different location

Hi all, I do not understand how perform a restore of a VM Hyper-v in different Hyper-v server. I have two cluster "SYSCLUHVP01M" (source) and "SYSCLUHVP01S" (destination) and each cluster has 2...
7.7
Backup and Recovery
NetBackup
Windows Server (2003-2008)
  • Fabrice_P_'s avatar
    Fabrice_P_
    9 years ago

    Hello,

    Redirected restore of Hyper-V VM, using the GUI is completly broken/ineffective/half-implemented since years (HV customers really needs more love...). As shown in your screenshot, the restore path will include all the c\clusterstorage\etc.. crap.

    So, the only workaround is to use the command-line to perform the restore, using a "change file":

    nbrestorevm -vmhvnew -C [vm to restore] -R [path to the change file] -vmserver [any node of the target cluster]

    The change file must looks like:

    change /C/ClusterStorage/[myVM]/7BC92-8661-999925F01436.xml to /C/ClusterStorage/RestoredVMs/[myVM]/7BC92-8661-999925F01436.xml
    change /C/ClusterStorage/[myVM]/MyVM_C.vhd to /C/ClusterStorage/RestoredVMs/[myVM]/MyVM_C.vhd
    change /C/ClusterStorage/[myVM]/MyVM_E.vhd to /C/ClusterStorage/RestoredVMs/[myVM]/MyVM_E.vhd

    Basically one line per vm file, paths are in unix format.

    I personnaly use this command to generate a template file that I modify later to act as a change file:

    bplist -flops 33554432 -S [master server] -C [VM] -R 999 -t 29 -unix_files "/" > C:\Temp\MyChangeFile.txt

     

    I hope it helps.

     

     

     

     

     

     

Fabrice_P_'s avatar
Fabrice_P_
Level 4
9 years ago

Hello,

Redirected restore of Hyper-V VM, using the GUI is completly broken/ineffective/half-implemented since years (HV customers really needs more love...). As shown in your screenshot, the restore path will include all the c\clusterstorage\etc.. crap.

So, the only workaround is to use the command-line to perform the restore, using a "change file":

nbrestorevm -vmhvnew -C [vm to restore] -R [path to the change file] -vmserver [any node of the target cluster]

The change file must looks like:

change /C/ClusterStorage/[myVM]/7BC92-8661-999925F01436.xml to /C/ClusterStorage/RestoredVMs/[myVM]/7BC92-8661-999925F01436.xml
change /C/ClusterStorage/[myVM]/MyVM_C.vhd to /C/ClusterStorage/RestoredVMs/[myVM]/MyVM_C.vhd
change /C/ClusterStorage/[myVM]/MyVM_E.vhd to /C/ClusterStorage/RestoredVMs/[myVM]/MyVM_E.vhd

Basically one line per vm file, paths are in unix format.

I personnaly use this command to generate a template file that I modify later to act as a change file:

bplist -flops 33554432 -S [master server] -C [VM] -R 999 -t 29 -unix_files "/" > C:\Temp\MyChangeFile.txt

 

I hope it helps.

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • arunprasad619's avatar
    arunprasad619
    Level 0
    8 years ago

    Do you commands for Linux Media server? for restoring Hyper-v VM's from Linux media servers?

    • Marianne's avatar
      Marianne
      Level 6
      8 years ago

      Commands are exactly the same on Windows and Linux.

      The only difference will be path of the output file that you create with bplist command.
      e.g. /tmp/MyChangeFile.txt

      The 'change file' will look similar to the solution post as the paths must match the Windows Hyper-V server paths.

      Please start a new discussion if you need further assistance. 

      This 2015 issue has been solved.