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How to Find Files That You Want to Restore

Arcserve Backup makes it easy to find the files you want to restore. Because your requirements and circumstances can vary, Arcserve Backup provides you with the following methods for selecting the data (the source) you want to restore:

• Restore by Tree--Lets you restore a specific directory or drive from a display of files and directories that were backed up or archived with Arcserve Backup. Use this method when you do not know which media contains the data you need, but you know the computer from which the backup or archive originated.

  The Restore by Tree view displays only the last instance of a backup or archive. To view and access all other instances, select the object that you want to restore and click the Recovery Point button. If there are multiple partial backups/archives of the same drive, the Restore by Tree view displays only the last backup/archive. However, if there is a full-volume backup/archive of the drive available, the last full backup/archive is displayed, instead of the last partial backup/archive.

  The Computer Name field allows you to filter based on partial name searching. You can enter any part of the name and a list of relevant items are returned. For example, if there are some computers whose computer name contains 'BB', you can enter 'BB' in the Computer Name field and click the Update button. Relevant computers are found. The Computer Name field also supports full name searching and wildcard searching.

  Note: The Restore Manager cannot display file paths that exceed 512 bytes. This limitation includes the drive letter or network server and the share names. For single-byte languages, this equates to approximately 500 characters. For multibyte languages with a combination of single, mixed, and multibyte characters, 512 bytes equates to 250 to 500 characters. For multibyte languages with all multibyte characters, 512 bytes equates to approximately 250 characters. If a file path exceeds 512 bytes, truncation occurs. To restore data from a truncated directory, you must submit the restore job from the last directory in the path whose name was not truncated.

  Note: Arcserve Backup lets you export the results from the Restore Manager tree to a text file. Right-click the session, media, directory, or server node and click Export Data. Save the file to your local drive.

• Search --Click the Search button to search your backups or archives for a specific file or group of files with a similar file name. Arcserve Backup lets you specify file names up to 255 characters, including the file extension, in the Search for field. If you do not know the complete file name, you can simplify the results of the search by specifying the wildcard characters "*" and "?" in the Search for field.

  Note: The Search restore method does not work if the Database Engine is stopped.

  Examples:

  1. Drive D:\ contains two directories that are backed up/archived on a weekly basis—D:\Temp and D:\Documents. D:\Temp and D:\Documents were both backed up/archived on April 21 and April 28. A full backup/archive of drive D:\ was performed on April 1.
  2. The Restore Manager displays instances relating to the full backup/archive of Drive D:\ performed on April 1.
  3. To restore the April 28 instance of D:/Documents, select the D:/Documents directory in the Restore by Tree view and click the Recovery Point button. From the Recovery Point dialog, select the April 28 instance and then click the Select button.
• Restore by Session--Lets you select the session, the files, and directories you want to restore. Use this method when you know the media name, but are not certain about the session you want to restore.

  This restore method does not work if the Database Engine is stopped.

  Deduplication devices support the Restore by Session, but will likely contain thousands of sessions. You will be prompted to specify a display option to manage the volume.

  The Media Name field allows you to filter based on partial name searching. You can enter any part of the name and a list of relevant items are returned. For example, if there are some sessions whose media name contains 'BB', you can enter 'BB' in the Media Name field and click the Update button. Relevant sessions are found. The Media Name field also supports full name searching and wildcard searching.

  Note: The Restore Manager cannot display file paths that exceed 512 bytes. For single-byte languages, this equates to approximately 500 characters. For multibyte languages with a combination of single, mixed, and multibyte characters, 512 bytes equates to 250 to 500 characters. For multibyte languages with all multibyte characters, 512 bytes equates to approximately 250 characters. If a file path exceeds 512 bytes, truncation occurs. To restore data from a truncated directory, you must submit the restore job from the last directory in the path whose name was not truncated.

  Note: Arcserve Backup lets you export the results from the Restore Manager tree to a text file. Right-click the session, media, directory, or server node and click Export Data. Save the file to your local drive.

• Restore by Query--Lets you restore files based on the search pattern used to locate the names of the files or directories. Lets you specify the type of query to restore, for example, All (default), Backup Session, or Archive. Use this method when you know the name of the file or directory you want to restore, but do not know the computer that was backed up or archived from or the media it was backed up or /archived to.

  Restore by query is not a case-sensitive operation.

  Arcserve Backup lets you specify file names up to 255 characters, including the file extension, in the File Name field. If you do not know the complete file name, you can simplify the results of the query by specifying the wildcard characters "*" and "?" in the File Name field.

  Note: This restore method will not work if the Database Engine is stopped.

• Restore by Backup Media--Lets you restore a complete backup session from a specified media in a storage device. All files in the session are restored to the destination, unless filters are added to the restore job. Use this method when media was created by a different version of Arcserve Backup or if the database does not recognize it.

  Important! If you cannot see the items that you would like to restore, the corresponding records may have been pruned from your database. You can repopulate your restore source selection by running the Merge utility. For more information about the Merge utility, see the section Merge Utility.

• Recover Virtual Machine--Lets you recover a virtual machine by VM name or VM type. If you search by VM type, you must have VMware Converter 3.0.2 installed on the proxy or recovery jobs fail. Using this restore method enables additional options on the Global Options Operation tab. Recover Virtual Machine makes the specified VM unavailable while the recovery job is in progress.

If you installed Arcserve Backup Enterprise Module, you will also have the Restore by Image method available. Use this method when you must read and restore blocks of data quickly by bypassing the file system.