vmware plugin - Bareos v.22

Ramil

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Feb 27, 2023, 5:31:05 AM2/27/23

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Hello!

Since Version >= 22.0.0 it also backs up the VM configuration metadata so that it can recreate deleted VMs and then restore the VM disks.

No configuration example is given anywhere. What is the correct way to use the following options to restore virtual machines to a different location?:

restore_esxhost (optional)

By default, if a VM to be restored does not exist, it will be recreated on the same host that it has been running on at backup time. Use this option to restore on the given ESX host. Since Version >= 22.0.0

restore_cluster (optional)

Instead of specifying restore_esxhost, it is also possible to specify a cluster name using this option, the ESX host will be autoselected in that case, if DRS is configured properly. Since Version >= 22.0.0

restore_datastore (optional)

By default, if a VM to be restored does not exist, it will be recreated in the same datastore where it was stored at backup time. Use this option to restore on the given datastore. Since Version >= 22.0.0

restore_resourcepool (optional)

By default, if a VM to be restored does not exist, it will be recreated in the same resource pool which it has in been in at backup time. Using this option allows to override this and specify a different resource pool. Since Version >= 22.0.0

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Feb 27, 2023, 5:35:10 AM2/27/23

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понедельник, 27 февраля 2023 г. в 16:31:05 UTC+6, Ramil:

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Ramil

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Feb 27, 2023, 11:47:09 AM2/27/23

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Very little information in the documentation. Please help with vmware plugin settings. How to properly apply the above options. How to restore a VM to another location (another cluster, storage)? How to save VM configuration metadata? Give an example of such a configuration?

понедельник, 27 февраля 2023 г. в 16:35:10 UTC+6, Ramil:

Ramil

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Feb 28, 2023, 4:20:28 AM2/28/23

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How to correctly override the path to the resource pool? How to specify the path?

Suppose, during the backup, there was such a path:
dc=Datacentr:folder=Linux/Test and storage=LUN01-RD10
Restore here:
same Datacentr, folder=Linux/Prod, restore_datastore=LUN02-RD10
How to correctly specify restore_resourcepool= ???