Restore

Restore your files/database to the Original location or an Alternate location.

Key:

Field Description
Restore mode There are two options: "Normal restore" and "Open backup data directly without restoration (OpenDirect)".
Select what to restore There are two options: "Choose from files as of job" and "Choose from ALL files".
Show backup job(s) outside retention Displays all backup jobs, including deleted ones.
Type How the pattern will be compared, either: "contains", "exact", "starts with" or "ends with". Will only be displayed if 'Show filter' is clicked.
Pattern The pattern of the files that would be displayed in the file tree. Will only be displayed if 'Show filter' is clicked.
Match case Checkbox to enable or disable case sensitivity. Will only be displayed if 'Show filter' is clicked.
Apply Click to apply the filter settings. Will only be displayed if 'Show filter' is clicked.
Search Search function for searching particular file pattern to restore starting from a certain directory. The search result will be shown in the file tree. This is an advanced version of filtering.
Restore files to There are 2 options: "Original location" and "Alternate location".
This share requires access credentials Select if the network drive requires login credentials to be able to connect to it. (login account should have read/write access permission)
User name User name of the network drive. Will only be enabled once 'This share requires access credentials' is checked.
Password User password of the network drive. Will only be enabled once 'This share requires access credentials' is checked.
Restore file permission To enable or disable restore of file permission.
Delete unmatched data in restore location The restore process will synchronize the selected restore source with the restore destination by removing unmatched data.
Verify checksum of in-file delta files during restore When this option is enabled, the checksum of in-file delta files will be verified during the restore process. This will check the data for errors during the restore process and create a data summary of the in-file delta files which will be included in the report.
Temporary directory for storing restore files The path where the restore files will be stored temporarily.


To perform a Normal Restore

  1. Click on the storage that you want to restore the backup from.
  2. Select "Normal restore" for the restore mode.
  3. Option: Tick 'Show backup job(s) outside retention' if you want all backup jobs to be displayed.
  4. Select the backup snapshot from the 'Select what to restore' drop down box. If you choose "Choose from files as of job", you can select the date and time of the backup from the date and time drop down box.
  5. Option: Click on 'Show filter' to apply the filter, so that you can choose to restore files with a certain pattern.
  6. Select the files/folders that you want to restore from the file tree. Click on the icon in front of the check box in the file tree to expand or collapse the tree. Click on the check box, so all the files under the check box will be selected.
  7. Option: Click on 'Search' to use the advance search function to search for files that you want to restore.
  8. Click [Next] to proceed with your settings.
  9. If you choose to restore files to "Original location", all the selected restore files will replace the files on your original location. Choose "Alternate location" if you want to check on the files first before you overwrite your original files. Select the local path or enter the IP Address or UNC path of the network drive e.g. \\192.10.10.1\sharedfolder or \\central_server\sharedfolder
  10. Option: Click on the 'This share requires access credentials' if the network drive is password protected.
  11. Option: Click on 'Show advanced option' to allow the selection on 'Restore file permissions', 'Delete unmatched data in restore location' and 'Verify checksum of in-file delta files during restore' options.
  12. Click [Next] to proceed with your settings.
  13. Select the directory where restore files will be stored temporarily.
  14. Click on [Restore] to begin the restore process.
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Please note that 'This share requires access credentials' check box will only be enabled once a network address is detected.

To perform an OpenDirect Restore

  1. Click on the storage that you want to restore the backup from.
  2. Select "Open backup data directly without restoration (OpenDirect)" for the restore mode. The OpenDirect Restore option is only applicable to backup sets with OpenDirect feature enabled. You can also click 'Show advanced option' to select the OpenDirect Read Timeout Limit.
  3. Option: Tick 'Show backup job(s) outside retention' if you want all backup jobs to be displayed.
  4. Select the backup snapshot from the 'Select what to restore' drop down box. If you choose "Choose from files as of job", you can select the date and time of the backup from the date and time drop down box.
  5. Select the files/folders that you want to restore from the file tree. Click on the icon in front of the check box in the file tree to expand or collapse the tree. Click on the check box, so that all the files under the check box will be selected.
  6. Select the Temporary Folder path by clicking the Browse button.
  7. Click on [Restore] to begin the restore process.
  8. You will be prompted to select a drive letter where you wish the mounted files to be mapped on your machine.
  9. The selected drive letter will be mapped and prompted in the Windows Files Explorer with the files you wish to restore. You may also copy individual file(s) you wish to restore to your local machine.
  10. When you have finished restoring the necessary files, you can go back to %edition_name% and Cancel to exit the OpenDirect Restore.
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As a result of the limitation of the virtual file system library, the mapped drive will only be unmounted from your machine when you exit %edition_name%. In other words, each OpenDirect restore session on %edition_name% can only mount and unmount once.

You will get an idea of the restore status by looking at the colour of the progress bar.

Green Restore completed successfully
Yellow Restore completed with warning(s)
Red Restore failed/restore in progress

Click on the [Browse] button to see the details of the restore.