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The browse operation provides you with the Browse Data Before option, which allows you to control the starting point of the browse retrieval process (remember, browse searches extend backwards in time starting with the Browse Data Before option).
This feature can be useful if you need to restore:
The following figure shows how the search process is affected by the Browse Data Before option.
As shown in the figure above, the Browse Data Before date, when specified, causes the search process to begin with the backup that occurred just prior to the specified date and end with the most recent full backup.
The specifications for the Browse Data Before includes not only the date, but the time-of-day (i.e., hours and minutes) as well.
Specifying the time is necessary when isolating a backup on a date on which two or more backups occurred. (Note that this condition can occur even if backups are scheduled only once a day. For example, someone may have launched a backup using the Run Immediately option in addition to a scheduled backup. Also, depending on the size of a backup and the time it is scheduled to begin, a backup can start on one date and complete on the next, since the backup need only span 12:00 midnight.)
In determining whether to include a backup in a search, the software uses the time that a backup completes. The Browse Data Before option causes the system to end its browse search using the most recent backup that completed before the specified date and time.
| For the Exchange Database iDataAgents, after performing a restore operation on the Exchange Database, a full backup is required before pre-selected incrementals or differentials can occur. |
The Browse for One-pass Restore option represents a specialized type of browse operation that is supported for the Exchange Database iDataAgent when performing a One-pass Restore. The primary functional difference between a Browse for One-pass Restore operation and traditional Browse operation is that there is a restriction on the Browse window such that all stores within a storage group must be selected for One-pass Restore. A traditional Browse offers the granular selection of one store within a storage group, without forcing all stores within that storage group to be selected for restore.
For more information, see One-pass Restore.
For step-by-step instructions, see Perform a Browse and One-pass Restore.