VEEAM -Error:Failed to restore...

[Koldov]

I'm getting too old for this... I've only just started using this software but I seem to be struggling with the most basic of baby steps...

 

All I want is a simple backup and restore and although I appear to be able to backup most of my servers (still struggling with the most simple - file shares) now I am trying to test restore.

 

I have an old Dell T5500 Workstation specifically built for testing Veeam restores, I installed Server 2019 (not domain joined or networked), enabled the Hyper-V role and installed SQL 2016 (what I had quickly to hand but it shouldn't matter?) and Veeam 12 B&R (everything is set at defaults).

 

I'm not sure if all that was necessary, but I couldn't see any other way I was going to be able to restore backups without having all that (if someone knows different please shout)...

 

I have the backup disk (USB) attached and thought I'd just be able to click a button and test restore whatever I wanted, but it seems it's not that simple.

 

First, there is no 'restore' menu item which most guides tell you to click... so I can't even find the backups through the Veeam console but I'm wary of going through the add repository wizard as I don't want to mess with the USB disk as it's a repository for the actual backup server.

 

So I went through Windows and double clicked the .vbk file and this started Veeam and got me to the restore process.

 

Choosing either 'restore whole VM' or 'Instant Restore' ended with errors about "Restore job failed Error: Failed to set {string} value to {Boolean} property 'GenerateNewSystemIdentifier' or some issue with "Hyper-V Integration Services"

 

Neither of which I can find any information about on the web (actually that's a lie there is one hit, in a cached Facebook group in German, but I can't find the actual post)!

 

I have finally managed to get it to work by restoring the individual VM files to the Hyper-V folder on the new machine and then importing it into Hyper-V manager, which proves the backup is working I guess but it should be simpler than that I hope...?

[andy_b]

I imagine the restore menu isn't available as the new installation of Veeam isn't setup.

 

For my testing I typically just use the "live" version of the install to restore the backups. If you wish to test a complete disaster the easiest way might be to back up the live Veeam configuration database (should schedule this anyhow) and restore it to the second server. (https://helpcenter.veeam.com/archive/backup/95u4/vsphere/vbr_config_restore.html)

 

Otherwise to "see" the backups (and restore) you pretty much have to setup Veeam again and import your existing repository by hand.