Restore Data - Workstation Backup

Restore Deleted Items

Restore from the Destination Computer
Restore Data from Backed Up Recovery Points

Overview

The following page describes the agent-specific restore options. Additional restore options are accessible from the Related Topics menu.

Workstation Backup Agent supports restoring contents of the backup job at the file level. Backup data can be browsed for file level contents and individual files can be selected for restore. The Workstation Backup Agent supports the following restore options:

Restore data from the live copy of the backup data.
Point-in-time restores, which allow you to restore data from the Fan-In Recovery Point created at, or before, a specific point in time.
Restore from available backups, which allows you to choose from a list of the different point-in-time Fan-In Recovery Points created in the destination computer.

Workstation Backup restores can be performed from the Workstation Backup Client Console, as well as the CommCell Console at the replication set level. The following sections explain restore operations initiated from the CommCell Console. See Workstation Backup Client Console for discussions on restore operations from the Workstation Backup Client.

Restore Deleted Items

Data objects that have been deleted by orphan file processing can be restored. Deleted objects can be restored from the live copy until a recovery point is created. Once recovery points are created, the objects can be restored from the corresponding recovery points. For convenience, objects that were deleted one hour before the last recovery point creation are available in the live copy for restore.

Note that deleted objects are not copied to tape when the recovery points are moved to tape. So orphan data can be restored from the live data or recovery points, but not from tapes.

Restore Destinations

The Workstation Backup Agent restores data to the same client computer from which the backup data originated; this is referred to as in-place restore. You can also restore data to a different client in the CommCell, also known as out-of-place restores.

The following section enumerates the types of restore destinations that are supported by the Workstation Backup Agent.

In-Place Restore - Restoring data to the same computer, in the same path as source.
Out-of-Place Restore - Restoring data to the same computer - different path, or, different computer - same path.

Cross-Platform Restores - Same Operating System - Different Version Restoring data to a computer with the same Operating System, but different path.
Restore to Network Drive/NFS-Mounted File System

Keep in mind the following considerations when performing restores:

The destination client must reside in the same CommCell as the client whose data was backed up.
Note that when you perform an out-of-place restore, the restored data assumes the rights (i.e., permissions) of the parent directory.
If multiple replication pairs contain folders with the same name in a replication set, while performing out-of-place restore of these folders one folder is overwritten with the other folder. So, it is recommended that you do not restore folders with the same name at the same time. Restoring one at a time is suggested.

See Restore/Recover/Retrieve Destinations - Support for a list of Agents supporting each restore destination type.

Restore Checklist

Review the following checklist before performing any restore procedures for this agent.

Review the general restore requirements described in What You Need to Know Before Performing a Restore.
Ensure that the backup operations you wish to restore data are successfully completed. Backup jobs can be executed either from the CommCell Console, or from Workstation Backup Client Console.
- See Backup - Workstation Backup for discussions on backup operations initiated from CommCell Console.
- See Workstation Backup Client Console for discussions on backup operations initiated from the Workstation Backup Client.
To restore point-in-time data ensure that the data in the destination machine is configured for recovery point creation. See Post-Backup Configuration for details.
Once the above mentioned items are verified, you can proceed to restore the backup data. See Restore Data - Workstation Backup - How To for the restore procedure.

Restore Types

Data can be restored in one of the following ways:

Restore from the Destination Computer

When the data to be restored is present either in the live backup copy at the destination, or in one of the Recovery Points available in the destination computer, the restore operations can be performed using the browse and restore procedure from the Workstation Backup Client. In this case, data can be restored either from the Client Console by the user, or from the CommCell Console by the administrator.

See Restore Data - Workstation Backup - How To for the restore procedure.

Restore Data from Backed Up Recovery Points

If the Recovery Point from which the data must be restored is not available in the destination, but backed up to a storage media, then administrator must restore the data from the backup location, and then provide it to the corresponding user. Note that in such a scenario, the user cannot restore the data directly.

The backup of Recovery Points or Consistent Recovery Points is performed using the Windows File System iDataAgent, which is also used to perform restore operations. For more information about restoring from a backup, see Restore Data - Windows File Systems.