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