File level restore for Windows Guests (NTFS)

[mscd]

Hello,

I am new to Proxmox VE. At the moment I am evaluating, if there are any pitfalls in migrating our production environment of three ESXi-servers and one VEEAM Backup & Replication server to a corresponding Proxmox VE cluster and one Proxmox Backup Server.

My first impressions seem to be very convincing ... the only thing I am worrying about at the moment are some Windows 2016 Servers with data storages of 1-2 TB file data ... it seems to be very impractical to restore the whole VM to another ID, if only some files have to be restored from a snapshot several days ago.

Is there - at least - a (shell-) workaround to restore individual files or folders of a NTFS volume backuped by Proxmox Backup Server? Are there any plans to introduce a "file level guest restore" in the near future?

Best regrads,
mscd

 

[fpausp]

Is there - at least - a (shell-) workaround to restore individual files or folders of a NTFS volume backuped by Proxmox Backup Server?

Yes it is, pbs01 is the Name of my Storage (192.168.25.234) under PVE. The rest should be self explanatory...

# List backups:
proxmox-backup-client list --repository root@pam@192.168.25.234:8007:pbs01

┌────────┬─────────────────────────────┬──────────────┬────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ group  │ last snapshot               │ backup-count │ files                                                                                  │
╞════════╪═════════════════════════════╪══════════════╪════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╡
...
├────────┼─────────────────────────────┼──────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ vm/303 │ vm/303/2020-12-23T13:53:04Z │            2 │ client.log drive-ide0.img index.json qemu-server.conf                                  │
├────────┼─────────────────────────────┼──────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
...

# Map a snapshot (/dev/loop0):
proxmox-backup-client map vm/303/2020-12-23T13:53:04Z drive-ide0.img --repository root@pam@192.168.25.234:8007:pbs01

# List block devices:
lsblk

NAME                                       MAJ:MIN RM  SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
loop0                                        7:0    0  500G  1 loop
├─loop0p1                                  259:0    0    1G  1 part
└─loop0p2                                  259:1    0  499G  1 part

# Create mountpoint:
mkdir /media/w2019

# Mount (Windows Server 2019):
mount.ntfs /dev/loop0p2 /media/w2019/ -o ro

# You can reach your files now under:
/media/w2019/

# Unmount:
cd /root
umount /dev/loop0

# Unmap:
proxmox-backup-client unmap /dev/loop0