Restoring to an alternate location

You can restore to a new location on the original client, or you can restore to an alternate client if the client has been corrupted, is being deprecated, or if you are migrating data. The alternate location must be a client registered to the Unitrends system. Follow the steps below for instructions on restoring to an alternate location.

Note: If you prefer instructions in video format, see our video tutorial, File-Level Restores.

To restore to an alternate location

Use this procedure to restore to a different path on the original client or to restore to another client registered to the Unitrends system.

1        Complete Step 1-Step 5 in Executing a point-in-time restore, or Step 1-Step 7 in Executing a restore from the Status tab.

2        Click Show Advanced Execution Options in the Restore from Backup of Client window.

3        Select the client you wish to restore to from the drop down menu, Client To Which To Restore.

     The drop-down contains all eligible clients that have been registered to the backup system.

     Choose the original client or a different client.

4        (Optional) Input a Target Directory for your restore. Files are restored to this destination on the client you selected in Step 3.

     The use of spaces in Target Directory names should be avoided. For example: c:\\RestoredData.

     If no Target Directory is entered, the files or folders are restored to the original path.

     If the directory does not exist, it is created during the restore.

     To restore CIFS/NFS backups to another path on a NAS device, specify the full path. See Restoring backups of CIFS/NFS clients for details.

5        Check or uncheck the Advanced Execution Options as desired. For details, see Advanced Execution Options for restore.

6        Click Restore at the bottom right of the screen.

7        The restore Progress bar displays. Progress can also be viewed by selecting Status > Present (Currently Executing Jobs). For details, see Monitoring running restore jobs.