Restoring a file from a CR Delta

McHenry

Apologies if I am over complicating this.

I have an hourly CR of a Windows server and I need to restore a single file. Being CR the file restore feature is not an option.

I am thinking I need to:

Spin up the CR VM
Copy the file to the production VM

My question is I need the CR VM to be off the network so it does not conflict with the production VM however then how do I get the file off?? Catch 22.

Again, apologies if the solution is simple and I am over complicating things.

florent

@McHenry You can clone the VM, and remove the network of the clone before starting it

McHenry

@florent

So really backup and CR have similarities but are two different beasts with distinct purposes

olivierlambert

Exactly CR is for fast recovery of your entire VM, backup is here to save your VMs on the longer run with the extra capability to restore files.

It's 2 different things

McHenry

@olivierlambert

Not a criticism but just feedback. We have come from Veeam & Datto and both have a single backup that can be virtualised, if required, and allows individual files/folders to be restored.

olivierlambert

That's great, those are companies with 100% backup dedicated products We cannot be everywhere and we have to prioritize on what most people expect. Recovery capabilities on a second site is like one of the most needed feature, that's why we did CR.

From a technical stand point, when a VM is replicated, it's on another SR and XO doesn't have any direct access to the SR to mount it. IDK how VEEAM is doing, likely accessing the SR or similar (at least not on XCP-ng )