Optional search selections

Click Show Search Options in the top pane and enter search criteria using any of the following options or a combination of them.

Note: The Show Search Options feature is for archived file-level backups only. If you attempt to search for a file in an application or virtual machine archive backup, you receive a message that no files were found.

Search Criteria

Description

Client to Search

Select the client from the Client to Search drop-down.

Maximum Files to Display

Enter a number to limit the maximum search results. A maximum of 5,000 files can be displayed.

Note: This field defaults to 10. Update this number to view more files.

Name

Check the Name box and enter a full path and file name for searching.

You can use wildcards such as “*” and “?” in the file name. (Using wildcards increases search time.)

     “*” represents any number of characters before or after the entered names. For example, *.doc provides a list of all files ending with the .doc extension or auto* provides a list of all filenames starting with auto.

     “?” represents just one character. For example, if there are a number of files named file1, file2 through file12, file13 then a file? will display file1 through file9 and a file?? will display all the files up to file13.

Important! If using wildcards, such as ‘\\’, ‘%’, ‘_’, ‘*’, ‘?’, and ‘\’, do NOT check the Regular Expression box. These characters are interpreted differently as regular expressions and do not yield the same search results.

 - Regular Expression

Check this box to use regular expressions to symbolically represent patterns that can occur in text. (Do NOT check this box to search using regular wildcards.) The syntax of regular expressions is more complex and powerful than wildcards. This technique only needs to be used if wildcards are too limited to construct a sufficiently precise search pattern. Some good references about the use of regular expressions can be found in the online encyclopedia, Wikipedia.

- Ignore Case

Check this box to search for file names regardless of case.

Date

Check this box and specify a date range to search for files within a certain time frame. Calendar icons are provided to assist with date selection.

Size (KB)

Check this box and enter a size range in kilobytes to narrow the search by file size.

Include or Exclude

Click Include to search for files meeting the specified search criteria.

Click Exclude to search for files that do NOT meet the specified search criteria.

Search

When you finish entering the search options, click Search.