recover vm

Recovers a disk or volume backup onto a new or existing virtual machine.

The recover vm command can be executed by the following agents:

• Agent for VMware recovers a disk (volume) backup to a new or existing ESX(i) virtual machine.
• Agent for Hyper-V recovers a disk (volume) backup to a new or existing Hyper-V virtual machine.

Examples

Parameters

What to recover

--loc=<path>
--credentials=<user name>,<password>,encrypted
--arc=<archive name>
--password=<password>,encrypted
--backup=<backup ID>
--disk=<disk numbers>
--volume=<volume number>

Where to recover

• If you want to recover to an existing virtual machine:
  {--vmid=<virtual machine ID>|--vmname=<virtual machine name>|--vmconfig=<path>}
• If you want to create a new virtual machine on an ESX(i) or Hyper-V host:
  --vmname=<virtual machine name>
  --vmstorage=<path>
  {--vmserver_name=<server name>|--vmserver_id=<server GUID>}
--vmram=<memory size>
  --vmcpu=<number of CPUs>
  --vmdisk_size=<disk sizes>
  --vmdisk_type=<disk types>
  --vmdisk_provisioning=<disk provisioning types>

--target_disk=<disk number>
--target_volume=<volume number>
--start=<offset>{s|kb|mb|gb}
--size=<volume size>{s|kb|mb|gb}

How to recover

--ext2_3
--fat16_32
--preserve_mbr
--recovery_mode={auto|incremental_with_snapshot|incremental|full}
--recreate_archive_meta={true|false}
--type={active|primary|logical}
--use_all_space

Recovery options

--force_yes
--power_on
--retry_count=<number of attempts>
--retry_delay=<delay>
--silent_mode={on|off}
--use_registry_defaults

General parameters

--log=<full path>
--log_format={structured|unstructured}
--progress
{-f|--file_params}=<full local path>

Access to a remote machine

--host=<IP address or hostname>
--credentials=<user name>,<password>,encrypted

Access to a specific service within a machine

--service={mms|ams}