Virtual Server: How to restore files from a VEEAM backup (Linux Server)

Overview

This document details the process for restoring data to a VM running Linux. This is an optional process and only required for file-level restores on your server.

It requires creating a local "vbradmcs" user and setting up a public SSH key for that user. We will filedrop you the SSH key and a text file for the sudoers settings.

Pre-Requisites

1. Create the vbradmcs group on the server:
   
   sudo groupadd -g 146582 vbradmcs
    

2. Create the vbradmcs user on the server:
   
   sudo useradd -d /home/vbradmcs -m -c "Veeam Admin for CS" -g vbradmcs -u 146582 -s /bin/bash vbradmcs
    

3. If Duo is installed on the server, add it to the “duoexclude” group so it does not prompt for the Duo push. See AskUs/1796 on how to exclude the Duo push.
    

4. Create the /etc/sudoers.d/98_vbradmcs file and change the permissions of the file:
   
   sudo touch /etc/sudoers.d/98_vbradmcs sudo chmod 440 /etc/sudoers.d/98_vbradmcs
    
5. Edit the 98_vbradmcs file and copy and paste the text file that was filedropped to you earlier.
    

6. Save the file, and restart sshd (systemctl restart sshd).
    

7. Add the public key that was sent to you in /home/vbradmcs/.ssh/authorized_keys. You will need to change to the vbradmcs user and create a .ssh folder, and paste the key in the authorized_keys file. You will also need to ensure the appropriate permission are set on the directory and the file:
   
   sudo su - vbradmcs
mkdir .ssh
chmod 700 .ssh
touch .ssh/authorized_keys
chmod 644 /home/vbradmcs/.ssh/authorized_keys

8. Edit the authorized_keys file that was just created and paste the key that was sent there.
    

9. Inform itscs@hawaii.edu that your server has been configured to receive restores. If necessary, provide the file/folder to restore and the target directory to place the restore.