I've been experimenting with backing up some of our Linux servers using the VMware backup options in Netbackup. As a rule, we've always used the NBU client on Linux servers. The test backups seem to be working fine, but I've noticed something strange when trying to do a restore. I can't see any files to restore that reside on a separate file system. For example, our linux servers have a separate file system called /usr/local/apps. This allows our developers to put anything they want in there without filling up the root file system.
When I attempt the restore, the Policy type is set to VMware and the Restore type is set to Normal Backups. When I traverse the Directory Structure, there are no files listed under /usr/local/apps. When I change the Restore type to Virtual Machine Backups, I can see that both vmdk files were backed up so I know the data is there. I've tried this with the server powered on and powered off.
Am I missing a setting somewhere that will allow me to see the /usr/local/apps file system so I can do a file level restore?
Any help would be appreciated.