Please Note: This is not an “official” download and as such is not a Symantec supported tool. Use at your own risk.
I would like to share and make available a home made solution developed by Symantec Consulting Brazil, a graphical user interface to management VMware instant recovery process.
Its replaces the need to use the command-line nbrestorevm in most restore cases.
We partition in three levels, explained follow:
1st Part
- Machine Name: name of source Virtual Machine that has been backed-up
- Data Store: data store destination
- Restore Host: Same as -vmproxy flag, by default, gets the local hostname. Can be changed to another hostname.
- Load More Options: To open a browse and select a file that contains directives for restore to a different location., eg.: change hostname, change vcenter
- Remove Network Interface: self explains ( corresponds to -vmsn flag)
- Power On Machine: self explains ( corresponds to -vmpo flag)
2nd Part
- List VM: To list details about the activated virtual machine (corresponds to -ir_listvm flag)
- Clear: To clear “List VM” output
3rd Part
- VM ID: field to insert VM ID obtained by “List VM” output
- Complete: To complete the VM instant recovery job after the data is migrated ( corresponds to -ir_done flag)
- Deactivate: To deactivate or delete the virtual machine ( corresponds to -ir_deactivate)
Requirements
- Only Windows servers
- Netbackup Enterprise Server 7.6.0.4 (testing in 7.6.1)
- JRE 1.7 or higter (1.7 can be download at java.com)
To check your java version, run:
C:\>java -version java version "1.7.0" Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0-b147) Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 21.0-b17, mixed mode)
How to Install
Just extract the .exe file to /NBU install path/Veritas/Netbackup/bin/
Notes
| NBRESTOREVM COMMAND | NBU IR Console | Corresponds To |
| -vmw | YES | default |
| -ir_activate | YES | default |
| -C vm_client | YES | Machine Name |
-temp_location temp_location_for_writes | YES | Data Store |
| -S master_server | NO | |
| -vmpo | YES | Power On |
| -vmsn | YES | Remove Network |
| -vmserver vm_server | NO | |
| -vmproxy vm_proxy | YES | Restore Host |
| -s mm/dd/yyyy [HH:MM:SS] | NO | |
| -e mm/dd/yyyy [HH:MM:SS] | NO | |
| -R absolute_path_to_rename_file | YES | Load More Options |
-disk_media_server media_server | NO | |
| -ir_listvm | YES | List VM Button |
| -ir_deactivate | YES | Deactivate Button |
| -force | YES | default |
| -ir_done | YES | Complete Button |
| -ir_reactivate | NO | |
| -ir_reactivate_all | NO | |
| -vmhost | NO | |
| -media_server | NO |
Please, post your comments and doubts and suggestions.
Thank's
Scarparo, Alexandre