On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 12:20 PM, Chester Martin <cmartin AT spp DOT org> wrote:
> I just did something like this yesterday, it's a little tricky to do, but by 
> doing this you can get a file level restore from a vadp image level backup of 
> linux:
>
> 1) rename the original vm inside of vcenter console (this is just a 
> "friendly" name), you do not have to shut it down
> 2) Restore the image to a different datastore, the restore will not start the 
> vm
> 3) Right click on the "restored" vm and choose "edit settings"
> 4) In the network adapters properties make sure the "connected" and "connect 
> at power on" are unchecked
> 5) start the vm
> 6)Rename the OS and re-ip it the restored vm
> 7)Check the options that were unchecked in step 4
> 8)Copy your files wherever you want


Sounds great and straightforward.  I hesitate about renaming virtual
machines in vcenter, as last I checked (ESX 3.5) it didn't rename the
/datastore/[vmname]/[vmname].vmx or .vmdk filenames, which may be
tricky to do if the machine is running.   Do you have any tips on this
aside from directly editing .vmx configuration files and manually
renaming files?

Thanks again,
Eugene

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