Restoring from backup
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I've been looking around, and I can't find any docs about actually restoring from a backup.
When I attempted a restore, it said it completed, but I have no idea what was actually done.
When I look at the backup screen in XO, under the logs, it shows a single item, but under the VM column, it states "VM not found!".
When I look at the local storage, and list the disks, I see a number of disks, but I'm not sure which one is the one I just restored.
Is there any documentation on restoring? I looked at https://docs.xen-orchestra.com/ but the only thing there concerns backups.
Thanks.
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There is some information available in the docs -- https://docs.xen-orchestra.com/backups#restore-a-backup
A new VM is created when you restore a VM from backup. The log entry should have a link that you can click to go directly to the new VM unless you have already deleted it, which is when the "VM not found!" message will appear.
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@Danp I didn't do anything but the restore, so it's not clear what happened and I'm looking for guidance on how to best proceed.
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Have you checked under Settings > Logs to see if there is any relevant information there? You could also check the XO logs by issuing
journalctl -u xo-server -f -n 50from the CLI. -
@Danp Nothing there. The most recent entry was from yesterday (24-Sep) at 00:23 about invalid credentials. Would the cli show anything further?
Thanks.
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go to your VMs list
be sure there is no filter (running only VMs...)you should see your restored VM with same name as original + timestamp of the restore operation, not running
this is your restored VM
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@Pilow Double checked. There's no filter in place and no new VM.
