Servers & Workstations • Unsupported VBM format

Before I raise a case, can I just check that what I'm doing should work. I wanted to check that I'm able to restore my home dev server running Veeam community edition:

1. Created a backup job to backup just the OS drive of the Windows server
2. Exported the backup to a folder accessible from recovery media boot. The reason for this is that my dev server is in a cupboard without a screen and I have to drag it out to do work outside of Windows. I don't normally drag the backup repository drive out if I don't have to
3. Boot off Veeam recovery USB pen drive (a Ventoy multi-boot drive) and select bare metal restore
4. Browse to the folder containing the exported backup

I immediately get "Unsupported VBM format"... so fallen at first hurdle. I think that one is allowed to restore from an exported backup? That might be where I'm going wrong.

I've brought the entire system backup and I'm able "Restore guest files" from the exported backup file so that suggests the VBM/VBMK files aren't totally broken.

Things I'm going to try:

1. Re-creating the Veeam recovery ISO and writing to normal USB drive (not Ventoy) - the recovery ISO I used above was generated about a month ago
2. Copy the exported back to an external USB drive
3. Try browsing the exported backup from Veeam agent on my workstation
4. Try restoring from the full backup repository, not the exported backup

Statistics: Posted by robnicholsonmalt — Dec 11, 2024 6:09 pm

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