Getting Started

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 backup data to a new location.

1.
  • From the CommCell Console, navigate to <Client> | File System.
  • Right-click the BackupSet and click All Tasks | Restore.
2. Provide the path of the backup folder that you want to restore.

For your first restore you can restore the entire backup. For example, c:\.
3.
  • Clear the Overwrite Files and Restore to same folder options.
  • Specify the destination path by clicking Browse button.

    This will ensure that the existing files are not overwritten.

  • Click OK.
4.
  • Click the Job Initiation tab.
  • Select Immediate to run the job immediately.
  • Click OK.
5. You can track the progress of the job from the Job Controller or Event Viewer window.
6. Once the job is complete, view the details of job from the Job History.

Right-click the client computer, click View and then click View Job History.
7.
  • Select the Data Recovery Operations option.
  • Click OK.
8. You can view the following details about the job by right-clicking the job:
  • View the restored items.

    You can view them as Successful, Failed, Skipped or All.

  • View Job Details
  • View Events associated with the restore job.
  • View Log files of the restore job.
9. Once the File System is restored, verify that the restored files/folders are available in the restore destination provided during step 3.