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NAME

       virtnbdrestore - restore utility for libvirt

DESCRIPTION

       usage: virtnbdrestore [-h] [-a {dump,restore}] -i INPUT -o OUTPUT [-u UNTIL]

       [-s SEQUENCE] [-d DISK] [-n] [-f SOCKETFILE] [-r] [-c]
              [-D]  [-N  NAME] [-U URI] [--user USER] [--ssh-user SSH_USER] [--password PASSWORD]
              [-P NBD_PORT] [-I NBD_IP] [--tls] [--tls-cert TLS_CERT] [-L LOGFILE] [-v] [-V]

       Restore virtual machine disks

   options:
       -h, --help
              show this help message and exit

   General options:
       -a {dump,restore}, --action {dump,restore}
              Action to perform: (default: restore)

       -i INPUT, --input INPUT
              Directory including a backup set

       -o OUTPUT, --output OUTPUT
              Restore target directory

       -u UNTIL, --until UNTIL
              Restore only until checkpoint, point in time restore.

       -s SEQUENCE, --sequence SEQUENCE
              Restore image based on specified backup files.

       -d DISK, --disk DISK
              Process only disk matching target dev name. (default: None)

       -n, --noprogress
              Disable progress bar

       -f SOCKETFILE, --socketfile SOCKETFILE
              Use specified file for NBD Server socket (default: /var/tmp/virtnbdbackup.734829)

       -r, --raw
              Copy raw images as is during restore. (default: False)

       -c, --adjust-config
              Adjust vm configuration during restore. (default: False)

       -D, --define
              Register/define VM after restore. (default: False)

       -N NAME, --name NAME
              Define restored domain with specified name

   Remote Restore options:
       -U URI, --uri URI
              Libvirt connection URI. (default: qemu:///session)

       --user USER
              User to authenticate against libvirtd. (default: None)

       --ssh-user SSH_USER
              User to authenticate against remote sshd: used for remote copy of files.  (default:
              abi)

       --password PASSWORD
              Password to authenticate against libvirtd. (default: None)

       -P NBD_PORT, --nbd-port NBD_PORT
              Port  used  by  remote  NBD  Service,  should  be  unique  for each started backup.
              (default: 10809)

       -I NBD_IP, --nbd-ip NBD_IP
              IP used to bind remote NBD service on (default: hostname returned by libvirtd)

       --tls  Enable and use TLS for NBD connection. (default: False)

       --tls-cert TLS_CERT
              Path to  TLS  certificates  used  during  offline  backup  and  restore.  (default:
              /etc/pki/qemu/)

   Logging options:
       -L LOGFILE, --logfile LOGFILE
              Path to Logfile (default: /home/abi/virtnbdrestore.log)

   Debug options:
       -v, --verbose
              Enable debug output

       -V, --version
              Show version and exit

EXAMPLES

              # Dump backup metadata:

              virtnbdrestore -i /backup/ -o dump

              # Complete restore with all disks:

              virtnbdrestore -i /backup/ -o /target

              # Complete restore, adjust config and redefine vm after restore:

              virtnbdrestore -cD -i /backup/ -o /target

              # Complete restore, adjust config and redefine vm with name 'foo':

              virtnbdrestore -cD --name foo -i /backup/ -o /target

              # Restore only disk 'vda':

              virtnbdrestore -i /backup/ -o /target -d vda

              # Point in time restore:

              virtnbdrestore -i /backup/ -o /target --until virtnbdbackup.2

              # Restore and process specific file sequence:

              virtnbdrestore        -i        /backup/        -o        /target        --sequence
              vdb.full.data,vdb.inc.virtnbdbackup.1.data

              # Restore to remote system:

              virtnbdrestore -U qemu+ssh://root@remotehost/system --ssh-user root -i /backup/  -o
              /remote_target