How to Restore a VCB Backup on Linux

VCB snapshots are images of your VMWare system that contain snapshots of the hard drive at the time they were taken. You can use a VCB backup to restore a VMWare operating system to the state it was at when the snapshot was taken. This can be essential in performing repairs upon a corrupted system or damaged disk file. If you have VMWare installed on a Linux system, you can restore a VCB file by using the "vcbRestore" command.

• 1

  Log into the operating system running VMware.

• 2

  Determine the location of your backup files. For example, "/usr/backup/WindowsVM/."

• 3

  Type "vcbRestore -h vmwareserver.com -u user -p password -s VMDirectory/ -a VMDirectory/catalog" without quotes. Replace "vmwareserver.com" with the address of your VMWare vSphere server, "user" with the user name of your account, "password" with the password, and "VMDirectory" with the location of the directory determined in step two.