Proxmox extract backup

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add pve repository/key

# echo deb "http://download.proxmox.com/debian wheezy pve" >> /etc/apt/sources.list
# wget -O- "http://download.proxmox.com/debian/key.asc" | apt-key add -

find which pve package has vma

# dpkg -S /usr/bin/vma
# pve-qemu-kvm: /usr/bin/vma

just download the deb package (in the current folder)

# apt-get download pve-qemu-kvm

verify the name of the deb package

# ls ./pve-qemu-kvm*
# ./pve-qemu-kvm_1.4-13_amd64.deb

extract the vma file from package

# dpkg --fsys-tarfile ./pve-qemu-kvm_1.4-13_amd64.deb | tar xOf - ./usr/bin/vma > ./vma

make vma executable

# chmod u+x ./vma

solve dependencies

# aptitude install libglib2.0-0 libiscsi1 librbd1 libaio1 lzop

if you encounter some problems by invoking the binary

# aptitude install open-iscsi qemu gcc-4.7

copy lzo backup archive locally

# cp /path/to/backup/file.vma.lzo .

extract lzo archive (gives you vma archive)

# lzop -d ./file.vma.lzo

extract vma archive

# vma extract ./file.vma -v ./vmaextract

list extracted content

# ls ./vmaextract
# ./config_file
# ./raw_backup_file