Granular Restore provides an option for a fast and convenient file level restore directly from a guest virtual machine by mounting the virtual disks from the backup file, without the need to boot up or restore the whole guest virtual machine first. It is particularly useful if you only need to restore individual file(s) from a large sized guest virtual machine, which could take a few hours to complete restore before you can access any of the data.
The Granular Restore feature can only be enabled during backup set creation process. Once the Granular Restore feature is enabled and the backup set is saved, it is NOT possible to disable it afterwards, and vice versa. A new backup set will have to be created again if you wish make changes to the Granular Restore setting.
OpenDirect makes use of granular restore technology to allow for fast and convenient restore of individual files by opening backup data directly without the need to restore the whole backup data first. It is particularly useful if you need to restore individual file(s), you can view and/or copy the file(s) using Windows File Explorer and/or supported installed apps needed to open the file on the Windows machine where you are performing the restore.
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The OpenDirect feature can only be enabled during backup set creation process. Once the OpenDirect feature is enabled and the backup set is saved, it is NOT possible to disable it afterwards, and vice versa. A new backup set will have to be created again if you wish make changes to the OpenDirect setting.