Working with backup sets : VMware VADP backup sets (Windows or Linux) : Restoring a VMware VADP backup set : Specifying items to restore
 
Specifying items to restore
In the Select directories/files to restore page, do one of the following based on your selection in the previous page, and then click Next.
If you selected VM-level Restore, select a virtual machine. The color in which each virtual machine is displayed indicates the status of the backup generation that will be used for the restore:
Green indicates that the backup generation contains the expected number of virtual disks.
Red indicates that the backup generation does not contain the expected number of virtual disks.
If the entire virtual machine is not available to be restored from the backup period selected, the item is unavailable for you to select. To view the backup period that has been selected, click Advanced.
NOTE:  Unless you click Advanced and specify a different generation, the status is determined based on the most recent backup generation of the virtual machine.
If you selected VM Disk-level Restore (Linux DS-Clients), browse the tree, select a virtual machine, click Show Files to view the *.vmdk files in each folder, and then select individual virtual disks from the list.
If you selected File-level Restore, browse the tree, select an individual directory, click Show Files, and select individual files from the list.
NOTE:  System DLL files are not supported with the File-level Restore option. In some instances, the size of these files might be displayed as zero.
F1 Help: "Select directories / files (Restore / BLM / Delete / Validation)"