How do I do a basic user initiated restore from a backup?
From Backup Central
This can be done with any of the
GUIs.
If using the JAVA or NT GUIs, select
Backup
and Restore. Click on the Restore
Files tab. Verify/set the server, source
client, type of client, and destination client. Note that restoring
to a different client is usually best done from the Master Server rather
than from a client. Set the source of the backup and then choose
the date range you wish to search. If the backup used a keyword phrase,
complete the Keyword phrase to search for box. Set the Browse directory
to the base directory of the file(s) you~Rre interested in restoring.
Click on the Update File List
button. This should result in a directory structure that meets your
search criteria showing in the lower left window. Expand the directory
structure as necessary to locate the directory you wish to restore from.
If you want to restore the whole directory, click the small circle next
to the directory name. If you wish to restore files within the directory,
click on the directory name and a list of files will appear in the right
window. Click on the small circle next to the files you wish to restore.
When all the files you wish to restore are selected, click on the Restore
button. If you wish to restore the files to an alternate path, choose
the appropriate selection (Restore
everything to a different location or Restore
individual directories and files to different locations)
and set the source and destination paths. Set whether or not you
want the restore to overwrite existing files and whether or not the restore
should cross mount points. Once the selections are correct, click
on the Start Restore
button. You may check progress of the archive by clicking on the
Task
Progress tab.
If using the xbp user interface.
Go to File | Configuration
and verify/set your server and client. Go to File
| Browse backups (restore). Set the "Directory
to Search" to be the base directory of what you are interested in archiving
to media. Set the date & time range you are interested in browsing.
Specify the phrase or mnemonic used for the backup you are interested in
restoring from. Set an appropriate "Directory Depth" so that you can see
the directory tree you are interested in. If multiple copies of the files
appear, select the backup image that you are interested in. Select the
files and directories that you want to restore. If you wish to restore
to an alternate path, select Restore |
Specify Alternate Path and enter the alternate
restore location. Select Restore | Restore
Search Directory to restore. Verify the files
and directories you are going to restore. Determine whether you want to
overwrite existing files and/or restore to an alternate path. Select a
location for writing the progress log. Select OK, and the restore will
be initiated. You may check progress of the log file by using "tail
~Vf" or by using the GUI.
