Manually mount Volumes for file level recovery

You can mount volumes to Windows Virtual Machines (VMs) using the Windows Disk Partitioning tool or Windows Server Manager. Mounting of volumes must be with read-only permission.

Using the Windows Disk Partitioning tool

Use the following steps to mount volumes using Windows Disk Partitioning tool.

Steps

  1. Log in to the instance.
  2. Open PowerShell and run the command diskpart.
  3. Type list disk to find the offline disk which is the newly attached volume.
  4. Type select disk # where # is the number of the offline disk.
  5. Type online disk to mount the selected disk.
  6. Type exit to exit the diskpart tool.

Using Windows Server Manager

Use the following steps to mount volumes using Windows Server Manager.

Steps

  1. Log in to the instance.
  2. Open Run and type diskmgmt.msc or diskmgmt.
  3. Select the disk which is offline.
  4. Right-click the disk and make it online.
    Volumes are mounted automatically.

Mount attached volumes to Linux VMs

You can mount attached volumes to Linux VMs using the following steps.

Steps

  1. Log in to the instance as a user with administrator privileges.
  2. Run the following commands:
    1. sudo fdisk -l (Make a note of the device ID of the newly attached volume)
    2. sudo mount -o ro /<<device id>> /<<mount point>>