VMware Restore Per Files
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VMware Restore Per Files
- Install the Virtual Drive, it will be mounted to some disc (e.g. B:\)
- Do the backup of a virtual machine;

- Do the command vmware-mount /m:n L: path_to_description_file via cmd, where:
- L (or any other character) — the name of a disk, content from virtual machine will be mounted to;
- path_to_description_file — path to the Disk Descriptor File (e.g. "b:\VMWareBackupPlugin\2012-03-16-11-11-16\...\ha-datacenter\host\...\[datastore1] WinXP-Base$WinXP-Base-000003.vmdk.description.vmdk" ).
- If the command was completed successfully, you can go to the disk L, look through the content of backed up virtual machine and restore it per files through the Virtual Drive.
| Functions and Features | ||
|---|---|---|
| Backup | 2-Tier Backup • Advanced Scheduling • Pre-/Post-Backup Scripts | Microsoft Exchange • Microsoft SharePoint • Microsoft SQL Databases • Oracle Databases • VMware Virtual Machines |
| Restore | LocalSpeedVault • Restore Cache • Restore on Desktop • VMware Per File Restore | |
| Management | Audit • Color Coding • Console • Remote Commands • Remote Installation • Saved Connections • Users | |
| Other | Archiving • Bandwidth Throttling • Branding and Deep Branding • Common Files • Virtual Drive | |