Data Protector Express User's Guide (TC330-96002, October 2010)

4 Restore and Verify Jobs
In this chapter
•SelectingFiles
•SelectingDevices
•Configuration
• Advanced Settings
Restore jobs and verify jobs are similar in that they involve reading files that have been backed up.
Whereas a restore job actually copies backed up files, verify job reads the backed up files and compares
them to the current files at the original backup location on disk. Because of their similarities, they will
be discussed together in this chapter.
RestoreandVerifyjobscanbecreatedfromtheTasks view or the Jobs and Media view using the New
command. When a new job is created the Administrator will open the job’s Propery page to allow
configuration of the job. The Property page c an be reopened at any time, even when the job is running.
If the job is running the settings pages will not be editable. .
Selecting Files
Selecting Files
You select files to be restor ed the same way you select files to be backed up. However besides selecting
which files you wish to restore, you must specify which version of the file you wish to restore. When you
select a file to restore, the most recent version is selected by default. You can also change the name of
the restored file or restore it to a new location.
To select files for restore and verify jobs
1. View the properties of the restore job and click on the Selection page.
2. Check the selection boxes next to the files, folders or other containers you wish to restore.
3. To select a specific version of the folder or file or folder you selected, highlight it and select the
version from the list in the bottom par t of the window. If you don’t specifically select a version
then the most recent version will be restored.
4. Optionally, click the Selection filters but ton on the tool bar and specify filter selection criteria. Filters
are described in more detail in the Data Protector Express Technical Reference Guide.
5. The selected files will be restored to or compared with their original locations.
Sele
cting Versions
Each
time a file is back ed up, a version of that file is created. There may be several versions of files stored
on different media created by different back up jobs. Data Protector Express keeps track of all the versions
of each file in its catalog and the media on which each version is store d. When media is overwritten or
deleted, Data Protector Express deletes those versions from its catalog as well.
When you select an object (file, folder, database, etc.) for restoring, Data Protector Express automatically
selects the latest version. If you want to select a version other than the latest version, select the desired
ver
sion from the version list below the object selection tree. The version list shows all of the versions of
the object and the media on which those versions are stored and details about the object including the
its backup date and its modify date.
User’s Guide
33