Chapter 5: vmPRO Data Recovery
Individual File Recovery
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l From a Unix/Linux OS, mount the CIFS share, and then navigate to the files in the CIFS share using the
change directory (cd) command from your vmPRO appliance's console command line interface (CLI).
Recover individual files from a Windows system
1. Mount the CIFS \recover share. For mounting a CIFS share on a Windows system, see Configuring a
CIFS Protocol for a vmPRO Appliance.
2. Open Windows Explorer.
3. In the UNCPath field, enter \\<vmPRO-Host_IP_Address>\recover\files to access the
recover\files directory in the mounted CIFS share.
4. Navigate to the individual files to recover by using the following path:
storage-target (such as DXiStorage)
smartmotion_backups
yyyy-mm (month of backup)
yyyy-mm-dd-tttt (date and time of backup)
server folder (such as the IP address for an ESX server)
VM directory (identified by a file system, such as FAT-small)
disk name (identified by .volume)
partition number (identified by a number, such as 0, 1, 2, ...)
files and directories
Figure159:recover\files Directory Hierarchy
Recover an individual file from a Unix/Linux system
1. Log on to your vmPRO appliance's console command line interface (CLI).
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