Restore question - networkless file transfer

[stevehxyz]

Hi,
I've only just started playing with proxmox, so excuse what is probably a very basic question!

If I'm backing up VMs and then need to restore a file or directory, I restore the VM to a new VM, disconnect the networking, as maybe it has a static IP or will conflict by being on the normal network.

Then how do I transfer files out of the restored VM?
I can't see any QEMU tools that appear to support this?
Have I missed something somewhere?

Thanks in advance for any pointers.

 

[UdoB]

Then how do I transfer files out of the restored VM?

Well, there is no need to restore the complete VM. You ask to get files out of the backup. For my setup I do this - on the PVE, not on the PBS:

• select the still present VM on the PVE
• go to "Backup" and select the correct storage in the top right top down menu
• now I see all backups and I can select one
• after selecting the specific backup the button "File Restore" at the top row is enabled
• inside the "File Restore - vm/1234/2014-11-28......." I need to drill down to the specific file, e.g. "drive-scsi0.img.fidx/part/1/etc/passwd"
• when I select a file the "Download" button at the bottom right gets enabled

This works as long the filesystem inside the selected partition is known by PVE.

 

[stevehxyz]

That's superb, thanks so much for that info.
I'll go and check what file system formats it knows about in the docs.

Out of interest, if I have a month of backups and a file existed for say 24 hours, is there a way fo searching all the backups for that file to find out which ones it existed on?

 

[UdoB]

if I have a month of backups and a file existed for say 24 hours, is there a way fo searching all the backups for that file to find out which ones it existed on?

No, not as far as I know. (With heavy scripting there might be a way, but there is no such script yet.)

 

[stevehxyz]

Thanks for your responses.

I'll take a look at what is available in the API, about time I paid something back!