Restore Options (General)

Use this dialog box to control how the specified data is to be restored.

Restore ACLs (Only)

Specifies that the data will be restored with the original ACLs and therefore its original security attributes. Clear this option to restore without ACLs and consequently the data assumes the ACLs of the parent directory.

Macintosh File System does not support ACLs.

Specifies that Unix raw devices can be restored to either another raw device or a file.  When selected, this activates the Unconditional Overwrite option, which is required for raw device restores to complete successfully.

Overwrite

• Overwrite if file on media is newer 

  If selected, this option will overwrite the existing file with the file that was backed up/archived to the media provided the backed up/archived file is newer than the existing file.

• Unconditional Overwrite

  Specifies whether the restored data is unconditionally written to the specified location.

  If cleared:

  • Files/directories whose names are the same as those in the restore path and where the backed up data is as old or older are not restored.
  • files/directories whose names are the same as those in the restore path and where the backed up data is newer are restored.
  • Files/directories whose names are different from those in the restore path are restored.

    Avoid using this option whenever you run a Restore by Jobs. Otherwise, an older version of the files might be retrieved.

• Restore only if target exists

  If selected, this option will only restore files that currently exist in the restore path. Files that exist on the media but not in the restore path will not be restored.

Restore Destination

• Destination Client/Computer/Server

  Displays the name of the client computer to which the selected data will be restored. To change the destination computer, select one from the list. The list includes clients:

  • Which are established as clients within the CommCell.
  • Clients with Operating Systems that support the cross-platform restore operation from this client. (Refer to the topic titled Cross Platform Restore Operations in Books Online for additional information.)

  By default, data is restored to the same computer from which it was backed up.

• Restore/Recover to Same Paths

  Specifies whether the restore operation will restore data to the same path from which it was backed up in the Destination Computer. (Clear this option to restore to a different path and activate the Destination folder box.)

• Destination folder

  Use this space to enter the path on the destination computer to which the data will be restored. If the specified path does not exist, it  will be created during the restore process.

• Browse

  Click to select a path for the Destination folder.

Preserve Source Paths

Specifies the action taken when the data is restored to another destination. The options are available only when the Restore to Same Paths option is cleared.

• Preserve n levels from end of source path

  Specifies whether the restore operation must keep the specified number of levels at the end of source path of the selected data. For example, if the selected data is Documents\Memos\Sales, this option is set to 1 and the Destination folder is temp, the data will be restored as \temp\Sales.

  However, if this option is used to restore a file in a path that contains any valid wildcard expression (e.g., Documents\**\Sales), the default value of 1 for the option cannot be changed. Therefore, only the last found occurrence of the file is restored, and the restores for all the other occurrences of the file are overwritten.

• Remove n levels from beginning of source path

  Specifies whether the restore operation must remove the specified number of levels from the beginning of source path of the selected data. For example, if the selected data is Documents\Memos\Sales, this option is set to 1 and the Destination folder is \temp, the data will be restored as \temp\Sales. (This option becomes available only when the Restore to Same Paths option is cleared.)

Advanced

Click to select additional restore options.

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