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Hello,

Any one can Help me with Veeam?
Does Veeam Backup and replication support this scenario. I need to get a configuration backup of a software from older Vm restore point. My plan:

  1. perform an Instant restore of the Vm to another path (same Storage repository)
  2. run the restored VM and get the software configuration
  3. Delete the restored VM
  4. The Original VM must be online and working all the time. Before, during and after the process
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This looks to be your scenario.

If you just want to boot it to get some configuration settings, you can remove the check box for ‘network connected’ in the copy vm, boot it, then view it in a console window. If you want both online at the same time, change the name and network config in the copy and then connect the network. Also make sure the nic didn’t have the same mac address.

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I am inclined to say no. Because of windows limitations not Veeam. You are not going to restore and run a vm for a vm that you insist must stay running. That at minimum creates 2 computers on the domain with the same name. - Conflict - then what about ip? - possible conflict -
Secondarily - open a ticket with Veeam support and see what they say.

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I was in the process of typing this. Only issue is network connectivity. Otherwise it will cause chaos with your production server.
I have done exactly as you have described after having to take a backup of a corrupt oracle DB from the backup copy while live was online.
due to file sizes, I took the production server offline for 10 mins while I data transferred from the backup VM

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With no network connectivity - the VM will run in isolation. Hence why disabling Network is so important.

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There are a few assumptions I will make…

  1. You are using VBR 11.x or 12.x for VMware or Hyper-v
  2. You are running the VBR GUI on the backup server itself (Else file copy may be very slow)

Use the VBR instant recovery to “recovery files within the VM” (I do not know the exact name of that task for VBR 11.x).
Instant Recovery would try to create a VM within the VBR server as a Veeam Lab where you would use the VBR GUI as a file explorer (main reason why GUI on backup server). You can then copy the files to the local drive of the backup server via GUI.

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The answer is yes. You can create a SureBackup with Veeam that can run in an isolated network and then you can configure an IP to access that VM via a proxy. From that connection you can see the VM configurations and all that you want to test.

I’ve done this a ton of times during my Exchange migrations. See Creating SureBackup Job - User Guide for VMware vSphere

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Thank you All for your help.
@dominicbolger
You mean I can restore a file from the restored Maschine even when I disable networking? How?

Thanx again.