Restore Data - How To - SnapVault

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Browse and Restore (SnapVault)

Restore Out-of-Place (SnapVault)

Browse and Restore (SnapVault)

Before You Begin:

• Review Restore Data - SnapVault.

Required Capability: See Capabilities and Permitted Actions

To browse and restore data:

1. From the CommCell Browser, right-click the QR Agent, click All Tasks and then click the available Browse command.
2. From the QR Volume Browse window, right-click the SnapVault Snapshot or Replica you are restoring from and click Browse.
3. This opens a File level Browse window. From the File level Browse window, Select Objects From the Browse Window for Restore.

   NOTES

   To Perform a volume level restore, simply select the top node in the Browse window for the volume.

4. From the agent's Restore Options dialog box, select the restore options that you want to use. When you accept all the default settings, you will be restoring the selected data to its original location.
5. After completing your selections, you can either start an immediate restore or schedule the restore.
   • If you want to schedule the job, click the Job Initiation tab from the Restore Options dialog box, click Schedule, and enter your selections in the Schedule Details (Schedule Details) dialog box. Clicking OK from this dialog box saves your schedule. See Scheduled Data Recovery Operations for an overview of this feature.
   • If you want to run the job now, accept or click Run Immediately in the same tab and then click OK.

   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 restored, you will see a job completion message in the Job Controller and Event Viewer.

Restore Out-of-Place (SnapVault)

Required Capability: See Capabilities and Permitted Actions

To browse and restore data:

1. From the CommCell Browser, right-click the QR Agent, click All Tasks and then click the available Browse command.
2. From the QR Volume Browse window, right-click the SnapVault Snapshot or Replica you are restoring from and click Browse.
3. This opens a File level Browse window. From the File level Browse window, Select Objects From the Browse Window for Restore.

   NOTES

   To Perform a volume level restore, simply select the top node in the Browse window for the volume.

4. From the agent's Restore Options dialog box, select the restore options that you want to use. Then, select the restore destination:
   • Restore to a different location - Select this option to restore data to a different path and or client.
   • Destination Host - By default, data is restored to the same host from which it was backed up. To change the destination host, select one from the list.
   • Destination Path - By default, data is restored to the same host from which it was backed up. Use this space to enter (or browse to) the path on the destination host to which the data will be restored. If the specified path does not exist, it will be created during the restore process.
5. After completing your selections, you can either start an immediate restore or schedule the restore.
   • To set a delayed starting time or to schedule a series of restores, click the Job Initiation tab from the Restore Options dialog box, click Schedule, and enter your selections in the Schedule Details (Schedule Details) dialog box. Clicking OK from this dialog box saves your schedule. See Scheduled Data Recovery Operations for an overview of this feature.
   • If you want to run the job now, accept or click Run Immediately in the same tab and then click OK.

   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 restored, you will see a job completion message in the Job Controller and Event Viewer.

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