Restore Parameters

Bacula Enterprise Only

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Note

These are usually set interactively during restore, not in a plugin line in a file set.

The correct compatibility [vm, cluster, storageDomain] is the responsibility of the administrator.

Parameter	Required	Default	Description	Example
vm_name	No	suffix	Name of restored VM, `suffix` and `original` have special meaning (see chapter ch:restore for details)	`vm_name=restoredVM`
template_name	No	suffix	Name of restored Template, `suffix` and `original` have special meaning (see chapter ch:restore for details)	`template_name=restoredTemplate`
vm_disks	No		Comma-separated list of disks to restore (skip all others)	`vm_disks=3b874e8c-ddbb-4e1e-a4fc-3cdf0b76ec1c`
vm_exclude_disks	No		In testing, comma-separated list of disks to exclude	`vm_exclude_disks=3b874e8c-ddbb-4e1e-a4fc-3cdf0b76ec1c`
cluster	No	original	Cluster to restore to, uses value from backup	`cluster=secondary`
storage_domain	No	original	Storage Domain name to restore to: For specific cases that affect only one disk, you should use the id of the disk (you can use the restore prompt) delimited by ‘:’ and the value. For the general case, no id or ‘:’ should be used.Separate each case by ‘,’.	`storage_domain=3b874e8c-ddbb-4e1e-a4fc-3cdf0b76ec1c:secondary,primary`
vm_force_overwrite	No	false	Overwrite existing target VM, `true` or `false`	`vm_force_overwrite=true`
vm_switchon	No	false	Turn on restored VM, `true` or `false`	`vm_switchon=true`
remove_base_vm	No	true	In template restore or vm restore with create template, remove vm restored after create template (see chapter ch:restore for details)	`remove_base_vm=false`
disk_interface	No	original	Interface types for restored disks; comma-separated list of `original`, `ide`, `virtio`, `virtio_scsi`, `spart`	`disk_interface=3b874e8c-ddbb-4e1e-a4fc-3cdf0b76ec1c:original,ide`
disk_active	No	original	Comma-separated list of `original`, `true`, `false` flags to make disks active	`disk_active=true,3b874e8c-ddbb-4e1e-a4fc-3cdf0b76ec1c:false`
disk_boot	No	originalfootref{fn:source}	Comma-separated list of `original`, `true`, `false` flags to make disks bootable	`disk_boot=true,3b874e8c-ddbb-4e1e-a4fc-3cdf0b76ec1c:false`
disk_names	No	original	Comma-separated list of names for restored disks	`disk_names=3b874e8c-ddbb-4e1e-a4fc-3cdf0b76ec1c:DiskInactive1,restOfDisks`
nics	No	new	Comma-separated list (one entry per virtual NIC) of MAC addresses or `original`, `new`	`nics=C0:BA:C0:7A:CA:FE,original`