The following procedure can be used to browse data from the client, agent, instance, backup set,
replication set, or subclient level, depending on the functionality
of a given agent.
From the CommCell Browser, right-click the level whose data you want to
browse, click All Tasks, and then click the Browse/Browse Backup
Data option from that level.
From the Browse Options
dialog box,
click OK to execute the browse using the Browse the Latest Data option.
The following procedure can be used to browse data from the client, agent, instance, backup set,
replication set, or subclient level, depending on the functionality
of a given agent.
From the CommCell Browser, right-click the level whose data you want to
browse, click All Tasks, and then click the Browse option from that level.
From the Browse Options dialog box,
select the Specify Browse Time option and then select the date and
time to which you wish to view the data in the browse window.
Change the time zone for the specified date and time, if necessary.
Click the Advanced button.
In the Advanced Browse Options
dialog box select the Exclude
Data Before option and then select the date and
time from which you wish to view the data in the browse window.
Click OK in the Advanced Browse Options dialog box.
Click OK in the Browse Options dialog box to execute the browse.
The Page Size option allows you to specify the number of
objects to be displayed in the browse window. The
page size option is not available for all the Agents Types.
You can browse the data available in a
synchronous or selective storage policy copy. This option is useful in situations where you
wish to browse from a specific media or if a particular MediaAgent is currently
unavailable. Once you have browsed the data from a copy, you can then recover
the data from that copy. The option to browse/restore data from specific copies is not available for all the
agents.
In the Advanced Browse Options dialog box select the Browse from
copy precedence option.
Specify the precedence number in Copy Precedence.
Click OK in the Advanced Browse Options dialog box.
Click OK in the Browse Options dialog box to execute the browse.
The Backup Data browse window appears.
From the Backup Data browse window, select the objects that you want to restore, and then
click Recover All Selected. The Restore Options
dialog box appears.
From the Restore Options dialog box, select the desired restore options. If
desired, click Advanced to choose additional restore options.
Click OK from the Restore Options dialog box to begin the restore
operation.
While the job is running you can right-click the job in the Job Controller
and select Detail... to view information on the job. After the data has
been recovered, you will see a job completion message in the Job Controller
and Event Viewer.
NOTES
All Agents
It is recommended that the storage policy copy that is used in the
browse operation is the same storage policy copy from which a restore
operation is initiated.
For those agents that support Point In Time restores, you can determine the time
to use by following the procedures in this step. From the CommCell Browser single-click the
storage policy
that has the selective copy created for it. You will see a list of storage
policy copies displayed in the right-pane of the CommCell Browser. From the
right-pane, right-click on the selective copy then select View Backups from
the short cut menu. On the Backups for Copy window look at the end time
for the specific backup you want to restore from, to determine the time to
use for a Point In Time restore. Click Close to exit this window.
Review the general and agent-specific requirements
accessed from
Restore Backup Data,
Recover Archived Data (for
Migration Archiver
Agents), or Retrieve Archived Data
(for Exchange Compliance Archiver) prior to performing any restore/recovery/retrieve.
When finding and restoring/recovering data for the Exchange Mailbox
iDataAgent or the Exchange Mailbox
Archiver Agent, in cases where the mailbox alias name has changed, we
strongly recommend restoring/recovering the data out-of-place to the current
mailbox alias name. Otherwise, attempting to restore the data in-place to a
mailbox alias that no longer exists will cause the restore/recovery
operation to fail.
Note that this procedure can be used to find files, directories, or
objects from backed up data or from data that is content indexed using
previous versions of the software.
From the CommCell Browser, right-click the agent, instance or backup set/archive
set that contains the data you want to
restore/recover/retrieve, click All Tasks, and then click the available Browse
command (command names vary by agent). For
supported agents, you can click Find from the
All Tasks menu at the backup set/archive set level (or agent level
for Exchange Compliance Archiver) and skip directly to step 4.
Run a browse operation. See
Browse Data for a list of customized browse operations and their
step-by-step instructions.
If you accept all defaults, you will be browsing
the latest backups/archive operations for the selected data.
If you select the Specify a Browse Time option in the
Browse Options dialog box, and configure the Advanced Browse
Options to Exclude Data Before a specific time, the
multi-cycle (multiple index) find is activated.
From the browse window, right-click the agent or backup set/archive set, and then click Find.
(You can also start the Find operation from the other levels in the browse
window.)
From the Find dialog box, type the name or name pattern of the file, folder or directory that you
want to find in the Search For text box. Optionally, you can narrow
the search by entering criteria in fields under the option groups for Mail,
Files and Advanced Options as
applicable for your search. If you would like to specify a time range for
the search, options are provided under the Advanced Options group for
this purpose.
NOTE:
If you accessed this dialog as part of a Browse operation, keep in
mind that the time range values are not pre-populated by any previously
selected time range settings entered on the Browse Options or Advanced
Browse Options dialog.
Performing a find operation using the backup time option may not
work with JRE version 1.7.x or higher.
If your agent supports Content Indexing and you need to search
backward-compatible content indexes,
perform the following tasks:
From the Find dialog box, click Advanced.
Enter the desired search criteria in the
Advanced Search dialog box and click OK.
Click Search.
The search results are displayed in the right pane of the Find dialog
box.
Select and right-click the desired file, folder or directory name then select one of the following:
Restore the file, folder or directory.
Restore All Selected files, folders or directories.
View all Versions of the selected file.
Restore all Versions of the selected file (not available for
all agents).
When finding and restoring/recovering data for the Exchange Mailbox
iDataAgent or the Exchange Mailbox
Archiver Agent, in cases where the mailbox alias name has changed, we
strongly recommend restoring/recovering the data out-of-place to the current
mailbox alias name. Otherwise, attempting to restore the data in-place to a
mailbox alias that no longer exists will cause the restore/recovery
operation to fail.
Note that this procedure can be used to find files, directories, or
objects from backed up data or from data that is content indexed using
previous versions of the software.
To find and restore/recover/retrieve an Exchange object:
From the CommCell Browser, right-click the agent, backup set, or archive set that contains the data you want to restore/recover/retrieve, click All Tasks, and then click the available Browse command (command names vary by agent). For supported agents, you can click Find from the All Tasks menu at the backup set /
archive set level (or agent level for Exchange Compliance Archiver) and skip directly to
Step 4.
Run a browse operation. See Browse Data for a list of customized browse operations and their step-by-step instructions. If you accept all defaults, you will be browsing the latest backups/archive
operations for the selected data.
From the browse window, right-click the agent or backup set/archive set, and then click Find.
(You can also start the Find operation from the other levels in the browse
window.)
From the Find dialog box, type the name or name pattern of the file, folder or directory that you
want to find in the Search For text box. Optionally, you can narrow
the search by entering criteria in fields under the option groups for Mail and Advanced Options as
applicable for your search. If you would like to specify a time range for
the search, options are provided under the Advanced Options group for
this purpose.
NOTE: If you accessed this dialog as part of a Browse operation, keep in mind that the time range values are not pre-populated by any previously selected time range settings entered on the Browse Options or Advanced Browse Options dialog.
If your agent supports Content Indexing and you need to search
backward-compatible content indexes,
perform the following tasks:
From the Find dialog box, click Advanced.
Enter the desired search criteria in the
Advanced Search dialog box and click OK.
For the Exchange Compliance Archiver Agent, if you would like to get a sample of multiple files that meet your criteria, specify a sample number with the Show Every field (for example, specifying 4 would list every 4th message that matches your criteria).
Click Search.
The search results are displayed in the right pane of the Find dialog
box.
Select and right-click the desired file, folder or directory name then select one of the following:
Restore the file, folder or directory.
Restore All Selected files, folders or directories.
View all Versions of the selected file.
Restore all Versions of the selected file (not available for
all agents).
Browse and Recover Messages from the Outlook Client
Review the general and agent-specific recovery requirements accessed from "Recover Data - Exchange
Mailbox/Public Folder Archiver Agents" in Books Online prior to performing any recovery.
This procedure is supported for use with the Exchange Mailbox Archiver Agent.
Exchange data that has been archived with pass-phrase encryption cannot be recovered from Outlook,
and can only be recovered by performing a Browse and Recovery operation from the CommCell Console.
Required Capability: See "Capabilities and Permitted Actions" in Books
Online.
To browse and recover messages from the Outlook Client:
Log on to your mailbox in Outlook.
Select Tools -> Mailbox Archiver -> Find and Recover
Messages.
Depending on your configuration, an authentication window may display. If applicable, enter the user name and password authorized to access the CommCell, then click OK. Single sign-on users will not receive this prompt and can skip to
the next step.
From the Find/Browse and Recover Messages dialog, click the Browse and Recover Messages tab.
The Browse Options dialog will display.
From the Browse Options dialog, choose either Browse the latest
data or Specify Browse Time. If you selected Specify Browse Time
then you will need to enter the Browse Data Before date, time and time
zone in the corresponding fields. Optionally, you can click Advanced to
access the Advanced Browse Options and enter the Exclude Data Before
date, time and time zone. After specifying the browse time and any advanced
options, click OK. The Exchange Server Selection dialog will display.
From the Exchange Server Selection dialog, specify which Exchange Server you want to browse then click OK.
If no messages were located within the specified time range, a pop-up window
will indicate that no data was found. Otherwise, the messages that were found
within the specified time range will appear in the display pane.
To recover data from the browse results, right-click on the desired messages/folders in the display pane
of the Browse and Recover Messages tab, then click Recover All Selected. The
Recovery Options Selection dialog will display.
NOTES
If you select a mailbox for recovery, you may receive a pop-up
dialog indicating that you must select at least one
mailbox to recover. If this happens, click OK on the dialog, expand the
mailbox then select all folders in the mailbox by using CTRL + click.
If you select a folder for recovery, all the messages residing within that
folder will be recovered. The folder object itself will not be recovered.
Select the appropriate option on the Recovery Options Selection dialog, then click OK. A pop-up window will display indicating the status of the recovery operation.
Once the recovery has completed, click Close to exit the pop-up window.
The messages will be recovered to the Recovered Items folder in your
Outlook mailbox.
To browse the
latest data:
To browse and recover messages from the Outlook Client: