Commvault Restores

Commvault restore types:

File level restores

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MySQL Restores

There are 2 types of database restore we can look to perform through commvault, depending on the type of backups in use.

If the client has MySQL level backups, see here

If the client only had file-level backups, see here

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MySQL level backups

Starting the restore job

Commgui > Client Servers > Ctrl+F > Search SID > Double Click MySQL > Double Click SID  

Right click > All tasks > browse and restore > Untick Recover > Select Required Date using end time 

Select Required Database from the list > Recover Selected 

Post-restore action

Replaying bin logs 

cp –a DBNAME DBNAME.sql

Check disk space before replaying 

mysqlbinlog -v --database="DBNAME" RESTOREPATH/BINFILENAME.* >> RESTOREPATH/DBNAME.sql

Once the bin logs have been replayed, we need to remove USE staments:

grep -i ^USE DBNAME
sed -i '/^[uU][sS][eE] /d' DBNAME

Replaying bin logs to a certain time:

https://kb.ukfast.net/MySQL#Bin_Logs

  Once the bin logs have been been replayed, we can look to remove the bin logs and older db copy 

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Restoring a specific table from DB level backups

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Identify the line number of the desired table in the dump file:

grep -in 'dumping data for' dumpfile.sql

Next, we need to remove the lines before and after the desired table

sed -i '10611,28206d' m2meandemcom.sql

The 2 numbers here are the line number of the next table (shown in the original grep command) and the final tables line number (also in the dump)

Next we do the same for the table line numbers before the one we need:

sed -i '51,10581d' m2meandemcom.sql

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File level database restore

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File Level Restores

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eCloud VPC Restores

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Commvault VM Level Backup Restore: 

CommGUI > Client Computers > ctrl+f > VM ID/VPC Instance ID > right click > browse and restore > Full Virtual Machine > Select End time (if required) > Browse > Select VM > Restore full VM  >  Select Restore DataStore, change name to VMID_TICKETNUMBER> Go 

Vmware > search for restore VM (VMID_Ticket) 

Edit settings (along the top) 

Disable Networking

vSphere > VM > Edit Settings > Network ~~adapter~~Adapter ~~disable~~> Disable 'Connect at power on'

2. Power on ~~connect~~ restore VM

3. Identify

Add disk size of restore 

Power on restore VM 

Add new disk onto server: 

Lsblk - find disk name

Mkfs /dev/(device name)

Mount /dev/sdb /mnt

Move desired files into restore directory 

Unmount disk from server through vSphere 

Open main server in vSphere 

Add disk > existing disk > choose from restore datastore 

Log onto server > expand disk onto fs 

Mkdir /restore_ticketno

Mount /dev/diskname /restore_ticketno

Move files off mounted disk onto server

Umount /dev/diskname

Once done,

Vsphere > edit settings > remove disk

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Removing Restore 

Once the client has finished with the restore, the disk will need to be unmounted from the server and the restore VM can be deleted. 

SSH onto client VPC > df –h > check for /restore > umount /restore 

Once the disk has been unmounted: 

Vmware > Client VM >  Edit Settings > Restore Disk > Remove (X on right side) 

Now delete the Restore VM: 

Vmware > restore VM > Power Off > Actions > Delete From Disk 

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Attach disk

Access restored server

Lsblk - find device name

Mkfs /dev/(device name)

Mount /dev/(devicename) /mnt

Main server > edit settings > attach device > existing disk > find disk

On server:

Mount /dev/(devicename) /mnt

Move restored files onto server