Restoring Files from Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager

To create a mount point on Linux VMs (for Oracle running on Linux), Veeam Backup & Replication uses FUSE.

The iSCSI mount point is non-persistent - it is created only for duration of the restore process. The machine on which the Veeam Explorer runs acts as an iSCSI target. The remote machine or staging server acts as an iSCSI initiator.

To create a mount point on Microsoft Windows machines, Veeam Backup & Replication uses the iSCSI protocol.

To create mount points on Linux and Windows machines, Veeam Backup & Replication uses different methods:

If you restore Oracle server items, Veeam Backup & Replication creates two additional mount points: one on a staging Oracle server and the other one on the target VM to which you restore the application items.

If you restore Microsoft SQL Server items, Veeam Backup & Replication creates two additional mount points: one on a staging Microsoft SQL Server and the other one on the target VM to which you restore the application items.

If you restore Microsoft SharePoint, Veeam Backup & Replication creates an additional mount point on a staging Microsoft SQL Server.

However, if during guest OS file restore the mount point was already created on a machine where the Veeam Backup & Replication console is installed, an additional point is not created.

If you restore Microsoft Active Directory or Microsoft Exchange items, Veeam Backup & Replication creates an additional mount point on the Veeam Backup & Replication console.

If you have launched guest OS file restore and then launch application items restore from the Veeam Backup browser, Veeam Backup & Replication uses additional restore points apart from the the mount points described in the subsections above: If you launch other restores, Veeam Backup & Replication uses the backup server as a mount point. If you also restore files to the console or a shared folder (use the Copy to command) while the mount to console functionality is enabled, Veeam Backup & Replication uses the same mount point for restore.

For more information, see Open Files in Microsoft Windows Explorer. Veeam Backup & Replication uses this mount point only for the mount to console functionality, that is, while you use Microsoft Windows File Explorer to view files and folders of the VM replica. Veeam Backup & Replication uses this mount point while the restore process and allows you to browse the VM file system and restore files. When you restore files from a VM replica, Veeam Backup & Replication creates a mount point on the following machines: For this reason, Veeam Backup & Replication uses only one mount point on the backup server or Veeam Backup & Replication console machine for backups on HPE StoreOnce. Backup files on HPE StoreOnce are locked exclusively by a restore task.

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