Administrator Guide

4 Backing Up and Restoring Data....................................................................................................24
Using the Replay Manager Explorer..................................................................................................................................24
Display Storage Components and Restore Points.................................................................................................... 24
View Component Details.............................................................................................................................................. 24
View Restore Point Details...........................................................................................................................................25
View a Restore Point Report....................................................................................................................................... 26
Understanding Backup Types............................................................................................................................................26
Windows Backup Types................................................................................................................................................26
VMware Backup Types.................................................................................................................................................26
Guidelines for Creating Backup Sets...........................................................................................................................27
Guidelines for Backup Sets in VMware Datacenters................................................................................................ 27
Guidelines for Backup Jobs.......................................................................................................................................... 27
Backing Up a Boot Volume (LUN 0)........................................................................................................................... 28
Guidelines for Scheduling and Expiring Replays........................................................................................................ 28
Extension-Specific Best Practices.............................................................................................................................. 28
Summary of Backup Set Actions.......................................................................................................................................28
Summary of Backup Set Options...................................................................................................................................... 29
Creating and Running Backups..........................................................................................................................................30
Create and Run a Backup Now.................................................................................................................................... 31
Create and Schedule a Backup.....................................................................................................................................31
Managing Existing Backup Sets........................................................................................................................................ 32
Run an Existing Backup Set Now................................................................................................................................ 32
Modify Settings for an Existing Backup Set ............................................................................................................. 32
Modify Schedules for an Existing Backup Set........................................................................................................... 32
Delete a Backup Set......................................................................................................................................................33
Prepare an Existing Backup Set for a Script..............................................................................................................33
Managing Restore Points and Restoring Data.................................................................................................................33
Summary of Restore Point Actions.............................................................................................................................33
Transport-to-Server Scenarios....................................................................................................................................35
Restoring Data..................................................................................................................................................................... 36
Display Restore Points for a Component................................................................................................................... 36
Restore Data to its Original Location.......................................................................................................................... 36
Restore SQL Server Components without Recovering the Database................................................................... 37
Rename and Restore SQL Server Components Stored on a Volume.....................................................................37
Rename and Restore SQL Server Components Stored on an SMB File Share.....................................................37
Expose a Restore Point (Windows Extensions Only)............................................................................................... 38
Expose a Restore Point (VMware Extensions Only)................................................................................................ 38
Expose a Restore Point Stored on an SMB File Share.............................................................................................39
Resync a Restore Point (Windows Extensions Only)............................................................................................... 39
Make an Exposed Restore Point Writable (Windows Extensions Only)................................................................ 40
Unmanage an Exposed Restore Point (VMware Extensions Only)........................................................................ 40
Unexpose an Exposed Restore Point..........................................................................................................................40
Add a Note to a Restore Point.....................................................................................................................................40
Edit a Note for a Restore Point................................................................................................................................... 40
Unimport a Restore Point..............................................................................................................................................41
Delete a Restore Point...................................................................................................................................................41
Prevent a Restore Point from Expiring (Force Keep)............................................................................................... 41
Allow a Restore Point to be Automatically Expired (Allow Auto-Deletion).............................................................41
Transport a Restore Point ............................................................................................................................................41
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