Use Veeam Rescue Media for Recovery
Veeam Rescue Media for Linux provides a powerful lifeline, allowing you to boot a failed machine into a recovery environment and restore your system from a backup. This tutorial will walk you through the steps to boot your system using Veeam Rescue Media from an ISO image so you can recover quickly and minimize downtime.
Prerequisites
As prerequisites, you’ll have to:
- Access to Exoscale environment
- Exoscale command-line interface
- Exoscale SOS Bucket
- Veeam Recovery Media
Step 1: Boot into Rescue Mode
Use the following command with the Exoscale CLI to boot the instance in rescue mode using the netboot profile:
exo compute instance start "<instance name>" --rescue-profile=netboot -z "<zone>"Replace:
<instance name>with your actual instance name.<zone>with the zone your instance is located in (ch-gva-2,de-muc-1,at-vie-2,…).
Step 2: Access iPXE Shell
Open the instance’s console via the Exoscale Portal. Wait for the netboot menu to appear. Choose the option to open the iPXE shell.
Step 3: Boot Recovery Media
At the iPXE> prompt, run the following command to boot with the Veeam recovery media stored in your bucket.
sanboot http://<your_bucket_url>/<veeam_recovery.iso>NOTE
Replace<your_bucket_url>with the public HTTP(S) link to your ISO.
For example:sanboot http://my-bucket.sos-at-vie-1.exo.io/veeam_recovery.iso
Step 4: Modify Boot Parameters
When the Veeam Recovery screen appears:
- Press
Tabon the keyboard when the boot menu is visible. - Modify the boot parameters line by adding the following:
httpfs=http://<your_bucket_url>/<veeam_recovery.iso> ip=dhcpThis instructs the Veeam image to mount and run directly over HTTP.
Step 5: Start Recovery Console
After setting the correct boot parameters, press Enter to boot.
The Veeam Recovery Console will start.
You can now proceed with your restore or recovery tasks.
NOTE
This process requires Veeam Recovery Media v6.x or later.
For details and troubleshooting, refer to the official KB: Veeam KB4587 – Recovery Media in Cloud