Restore a Computer (Typical)

The Restore system allows you to restore backup data or applications to your registered clients. When you select a client, you will see three distinct areas of the screen:

In the Recovery Point Day calendar, days on which backups are available will be selectable, while days for which there are no backups will be greyed-out. For a point-in-time restore you follow these steps:

 

File-Based Restore

The file-based Restore screen allows you to either restore or verify one or more files from a previously specified backup job. Restoring one or more files simply means recovering the file or files from a previous backup; verifying one or more files simply means verifying that you can recover the file or files from a previous backup without actually bringing the file back to your system.

In order to restore or verify you must first specify which file or files you wish to restore or verify and then specify whether you want to restore or verify. The upper panel is a file navigator that allows you to select one or more files to restore or verify; the lower panel is an execution panel that allows you to select whether you wish to restore or verify the selected file or files. You can also choose to cancel and return to the previous screen.

Advanced options for file navigation include the ability to drag and drop one or more files to indicate selection for a later restore or verify operation. You are also allowed to use various filter options with respect to both the available and selected file lists to aid in the selection and exclusion process. Advanced options for execution include a wide variety of execution-oriented options such as the specification of an alternate directory, an alternate client, commands to run on the client before and after the restore, and a series of flags that define how the files are restored from the backup. By default, several of these flags are set and in most instances do not need to be changed except in special circumstances. For example, if you do not want to overwrite an existing file with the same name as a file restored from the backup, you would uncheck the selection "Overwrite Existing Files?".

Restore By Selecting a Backup

An alternate way of entering the Restore screen is by clicking on a backup. When you select a backup operation from the tabbed area in the lower portion of the front-page status screen, a window is displayed which shows the details of the backup and allows you to restore files from the backup or delete the backup. For a file-based backup, choosing the "Restore" button will cause you to enter the file-based Restore screen. For an application-based backup, e.g., Exchange, choosing the "Restore" button will cause you to enter a restore screen for that application.