Creating a Restore
Introduction
A Trilio Restore is a Kubernetes resource that restores a backup in the same or different namespace.
Create the Restore
To restore a backup into a new namespace:
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On the left menu, click on Home → Projects and click the Create Project button.
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For Name enter vmrestored and click Create
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On the left menu, click on Trilio Backups → Restores and ensure the project is selected as vmrestored
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Click on the Create Restore button
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On the Restore a backup form, select backup-1 from the list and click Next
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Enter vmrestored in the Search by name… field and ensure it is selected and click Next
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For Restore Name enter restore-1 and click Create
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Once the Restore a backup form is submitted, you will be redirected to the Restores landing page. When the status for restore-1 shows as Completed, your restore is complete. This process may take a few minutes.
Restore Progress
The restore may take around 10 minutes to complete. If you would like to monitor progress of the restore, click Trilio Backups → Overview and monitor the Activity section for the progress of restore-1. |
Validating the Restore
When the restore is complete, we want to ensure that our restore contains all the files we persisted in the backup.
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On the left menu, click on Virtualization → VirtualMachines and on the Project drown down, ensure the project vmrestored is selected.
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Notice that the Virtual Machines have been restored in your new OpenShift Project.
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Click on winweb01
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Click on the console tab
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On the VNC console, enter 15 and hit enter
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Run the below command to ensure that the file you created previously is available in the restored Virtual Machine.
cat .\backup-file.txt
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You have successfully restored a backup to a new namespace using Trilio.