Restore only selected VD's from backup file

[jaceqp]

Quick question. Is there an easy way to perform a 'custom' recovery meaning restore only specified VDisks (not all?

I have VM with OS + data stored on separate vdisks. I want to restore only OS one...

 

[Stefan_R]

For vma backups this is currently not supported, for PBS you can download the image files directly from the web GUI and simply copy/move/dd them to where you want to restore to. You'd still have to take care to restore the config yourself then, however.

 

[jaceqp]

is it relatively easy tweak for upcoming updates or adding this feature is probably a long-term process?

I'd love to see an easy "include/exclude switching feature" as one of restore steps.
Unpacking backups is somehow possible, but might take literally HOURS along with tons of temporary free SPACE required :-/

 

[Stefan_R]

For PBS I think this could be done relatively easily, you can open a feature request on our bugtracker. For VMA it would be more complicated, I don't see this happening any time soon (the VMA format interleaves disk images, so extracting them individually would be a bit weird - doable, but weird).

 

[jaceqp]

For VMA then only solution for now is to create multiple backup tasks with single VDs then (if needed) restoring backups as multiple VMs then move vd's between them - unless there's an easier option.