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Source Selection Considerations

When you restore to an alternative location, the objects you restore are either restored as new objects inside or merged into, the destination you select, depending on how you select your source.

Examples: How Your Source Selection Affects Restore Operations

• Restoring inside your destination--This means that if you select Mailbox_A as your source and Mailbox_B as your destination, Mailbox_A is restored as a new object, a folder named Mailbox_A within Mailbox_B.

  

• Merging into your destination--This means that if you select the Mailbox_A subfolder as your source, such as Inbox or Calendar, and Mailbox_B as your destination, the contents of Mailbox_A will be merged into the existing contents of Mailbox_B.

  

Example: How Job Packaging Affects Jobs

You want to add new objects, like a mailbox, to your Exchange Organization after you submit a backup job. Do you need to resubmit the job to include the new objects?

There are two possible solutions:

• If you used dynamic job packaging, your new objects will be included because the contents of what you selected are determined when the job runs.
• If you used explicit job packaging, you must resubmit the job to include your new objects because the contents of what you selected are determined at the time the job is packaged.

Note: For more information on dynamic and explicit job packaging, see the Administration Guide.