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LINUX individual file restores From VMware Method Backups

Ziad_Ghazaleh
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Hello!

I've test w2k8r2 "Master/Media/vm backup host", with nbu7.61  all linux vmdk cann be browsed and by need some file's and directories can be restored.

After upgrading to 7.7.1 I can browse win vmdk but not linux vmdk.

what's running wrong?

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RiaanBadenhorst
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What is the linux client OS and version?

Have you installed the SymQuiesce util in the guest?

https://www.veritas.com/support/en_US/article.000068094

Ziad_Ghazaleh
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Hello Riaan,

vsphere 5.5 with HW Version 10,  vm os are Oracle Linux 7 and RH Linux7.  SymQuiesce is not installed! I think browse of VMDK is independ of quiescing. 

sdo
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Did you select 'enable individual file restore' on the VMware backup policy which saved the Linux VM?

Ziad_Ghazaleh
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yes sure! in the same policy I am able to browse all windows

sdo
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What type of file systems is the Linux VM using?

sdo
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See page 18 of:

DOCUMENTATION: Support for NetBackup 7.x in virtual environments

http://www.veritas.com/docs/000006177

 

 

Ziad_Ghazaleh
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Hi sdo,

the installation of RH Linux 7 is standard.

/dev/mapper/rhel-root on / type xfs (rw,relatime,seclabel,attr2,inode64,noquota)
selinuxfs on /sys/fs/selinux type selinuxfs (rw,relatime)
systemd-1 on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type autofs (rw,relatime,fd=30,pgrp=1,timeout=300,minproto=5,maxproto=5,direct)
debugfs on /sys/kernel/debug type debugfs (rw,relatime)
hugetlbfs on /dev/hugepages type hugetlbfs (rw,relatime,seclabel)
mqueue on /dev/mqueue type mqueue (rw,relatime,seclabel)
/dev/sda1 on /boot type xfs (rw,relatime,seclabel,attr2,inode64,noquota)

https://download.veritas.com/resources/content/live/SFDC/25000/000025229/en_US/nbu_77_scl.html?__gda__=1446333420_a407770c8d7c8354c9b06fec6e6ec976#virtual_systems_compatibility

the links are disabled!

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See page 18 of the VMware support doc - linked above.  Is XFS listed as supported?

Ziad_Ghazaleh
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that mean there is no single file recovery support for rhl7 64bit either ext4 or xfs. not good

Ziad_Ghazaleh
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in the document under http://www.veritas.com/docs/000006177

RHL7(64bit) File-level recovery is supported for virtual machines that use the 32-bit version of the ext4 file system.
Support for the XFS and ext4 (64bit) file systems is planned for a future release

and

as remark for RHL32bit

NetBackup 7.x no longer includes Linux 32-bit clients.
Consequently , file-level restore directly to the Linux 32-bit virtual machine is not possible.

I canot undertsand! can any one built 32bit ext4 filesystem on an RHL 64bit OS?