Getting Started - NAS Restore

Perform a Restore

As restoring your backup data is very crucial, it is recommended that you perform a restore operation immediately after your first full backup to understand the process.

The following sections explain the steps for restoring the data of a volume to a different location in the file server. If you are restoring from a vFiler backup, click the Previous button above to follow the steps to create a backup copy, and restore your vFiler data from the backup copy.

1.
  • From the CommCell Console, navigate to Policies | Storage Policies.
  • Right-click the <storage policy> and click Properties.
  • Click the Copy Precedence tab.
  • Select the backup copy and set the copy precedence as 1.
  • Click OK.

 
2.
  • From the CommCell Console, navigate to <Client> | <File Server> NAS NDMP.
  • Right-click the backup set and click All Tasks | Browse Backup Data.
3. Click OK.
4.
  • Expand the backup set node in the left pane. Select the volume containing the data you want to restore.
  • Click Recover All Selected.
5.
  • Clear the Restore ACLS and Use Direct Access Restore checkboxes. Selecting these options are not applicable when restoring data from a snapshot.
  • Clear the Restore to same folder checkbox.
  • Specify the destination path by clicking Browse.
  • Click Preserve or Remove source paths to specify whether the restore operation will keep or remove the specified number of levels from the beginning or end of the source path.
  • Click OK.
6. You can track the progress of the job from the Job Controller window.

Congratulations - You have successfully completed your first backup and restore.

If you want to further explore this Agent's features read the Advanced sections of this documentation.

If you want to configure another client, go back to Setup Clients.