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Recovering Backups from an Unavailable PHD VBA (Citrix XenServer) - Connect IT Community | Kaseya
<main> <article class="userContent"> <h2 data-id="summary"><strong>SUMMARY</strong></h2> <p>On Xenserver how to recover backups from an unavailable PHDVBA</p> <h2 data-id="issue"><strong>ISSUE</strong></h2> <p></p> <p>If your <a name="kanchor362" id="kanchor362"></a>PHD Virtual Backup Appliance becomes unavailable for some reason, you can still access your backups by deploying a new appliance and pointing to the previously used storage repository or attaching the existing virtual disk used to store backups.</p> <div> <h3 data-id="to-recover-backups-if-using-an-attached-disk">To recover backups if using an attached disk</h3> <div id="MCDropDownBody_809524995_0"> <ol><li>Open XenCenter and select the problematic PHD Virtual Backup Appliance. If running, power off the appliance (right-click and select <strong>Shut Down</strong>).</li> <li>Click the <strong>Storage</strong> tab, then select the virtual disk used to store your backups, for example, PHD Virtual Backup Store.</li> <li>With the disk selected, click <strong>Detach</strong>.</li> <li>Deploy a new appliance. Use the XVA that came with your initial installation package. Follow the steps in the installation guide for details.</li> <li>Before powering on the new appliance, instead of creating a new virtual disk for backup storage, use the virtual disk you detached earlier. With the new appliance selected, click the <strong>Storage</strong> tab.</li> <li>Click <strong>Attach...</strong> </li> <li>From the list of available disks, select the PHD Virtual Backup Store you detached earlier.</li> <li>Power on the appliance. You can begin backing up and restoring VMs once again and all backups stored previously should be available in the backup catalog.</li> </ol></div> </div> <div> <h3 data-id="to-recover-backups-if-using-cifs-or-nfs">To recover backups if using CIFS or NFS</h3> <div id="MCDropDownBody_809524995_1"> <ol><li>Power off the problematic appliance within XenCenter.</li> <li>Deploy a new appliance using the XVA that came with your installation package.</li> <li>Follow the steps in the installation guide for details, making sure to select CIFS or NFS as the storage type.</li> <li>Enter the path to the existing backup data store used by the problematic appliance.</li> <li> Click <strong>Save</strong>, then restart the appliance. </li> <li>The appliance recreates the backup catalog automatically and you can begin backing up and restoring VMs using the new PHD VBA and the existing backup data store.</li> </ol></div> </div> </article> </main>