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Restore Locations

When restoring a Writer to an alternate location (if, for example, the Writer is not available on the original location or the Components and files to be restored already exist in the original location), the restore location you choose determines whether the Writer is involved in the restore process:

When you use the Restore by Tree, Restore by Session, or Restore by Backup Media methods to restore a Writer, and you restore the files to their original location, the Writer is always involved in the restore operation. If you restore the files to an alternate location, the Writer is not involved.

When you use the Restore by Query method to restore a Writer's files, the Writer is not involved in the restore operation. Additionally, the files are restored as if they had been backed up as part of the file system and Arcserve Backup uses the restore options set in the Destination tab of the Global Options dialog when restoring the files.

Because the Writer can also determine how to restore its files, keeping the Writer out of the restore process enables you to: