XS4 Face Server recovery

Depending on the recovery scenario, there are two options:

1. Mount the recovery drive within the XS4 Face Server to recover files.
2. Boot from recovery media for a complete bare-metal recovery.

Recovering files

If carrying out a file or folder based recovery, copy files back from /mnt/backup using standard Linux tools like cp or rsync to copy the files back into place. Make sure to reboot the server after restoring files.

Boot from Veeam Recovery Media

If the server's hard drive must be replaced, perform a bare-metal recovery.

1. Boot from the Veeam Recovery Media USB stick.

2. Read through and agree to the terms and conditions.

3. Exit to the shell.

4. For attached USB sticks, run lsblk to find the external device name as shown during the backup, in the example below it is /dev/sda1.

5. Create a mount folder and mount the external recovery drive:
   

   bash

   sudo mkdir /media/usb
   sudo mount /dev/sda1 /media/usb

6. Elevate to root and import backup database from external disk using the example backup location of /media/usb/backup.vbm:

   bash

   sudo -i
   veeamconfig backup import --path /media/usb/backup.vbm

   When complete, this results in Backup imported successfully.

7. Now relaunch Veeam to begin the restore: sudo veeam

8. Select either Restore volumes or Restore files depending on the scenario and requirements and then choose the date and time of the restore point required.