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Recovering Backups from an Unavailable PHD VBA (VMware vSphere) - Connect IT Community | Kaseya
<main> <article class="userContent"> <h2 data-id="summary"><strong>SUMMARY</strong></h2> <p>On VMWare how to recover from backups when your PHDVBA is unavailable</p> <h2 data-id="issue"><strong>ISSUE</strong></h2> <p></p> <p>If your 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_3342826381_0"> <ol><li>Open vSphere and select the problematic PHD Virtual Backup Appliance. If running, power off the appliance (right-click and select <strong>Power > Power Off</strong>).</li> <li>Right-click the appliance again and select <strong>Edit Settings...</strong>.</li> <li>Select the virtual hard disk used to store the backups and click <strong>Remove</strong>.</li> <li>In the <strong>Removal Options</strong>, select <strong>Remove from virtual machine</strong> and click <strong>OK</strong>.</li> <li>Deploy a new appliance. Use the OVF that came with your installation package. Follow the steps in the installation guide for details, making sure to select <strong>Attached Virtual Disk</strong> as the storage type.</li> <li>Within vSphere Client, right-click the new appliance and select <strong>Edit Settings...</strong>.</li> <li>Click <strong>Add...</strong>.</li> <li>Select <strong>Hard Disk</strong> and click <strong>Next</strong>.</li> <li>Select <strong>Use and existing virtual disk</strong> and click <strong>Next</strong>.</li> <li>Browse to the location where the previous attached disk was created and select it, then click <strong>Next</strong>.</li> <li>Click <strong>Next</strong> again, then click <strong>Finish</strong> </li> <li>Power on the appliance. 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> <div> <h3 data-id="to-recover-backups-if-using-cifs-or-nfs">To recover backups if using CIFS or NFS</h3> <div id="MCDropDownBody_3342826381_1"> <ol><li>Power off the problematic appliance within vSphere Client.</li> <li>Deploy a new appliance using the OVF 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>