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

5. For this ﬁrst restore job, w e want to restore the ﬁles to a different location. This w ill allow you to

compare the original ﬁles with the restored ﬁles.

To do this task, we need the move functionality. Click on the Move icon in the Tool bar.

We recommend that you create a new folder to hold the restored ﬁles. In the Select destination for

move operation dialog, select the C: drive, click on the New command, enter a name for your

newly restored folder and click OK.

Select the new folder as the destination for the m ove operation and click OK.

Your new folder is now visible und er the C: drive. Expand the folder to see how the ﬁles will be

visible after the restore job is ﬁ nished. You can reﬁne the restore selection by clicking in the boxes to

select or deselect the required folders and ﬁles. Only the selected folders and ﬁles will be restored.

Asyounavigatetherestoreviewyouwillseealistofﬁle and folder versions at the bottom of the

view. That list represents each backup that the selected object was backed up in. When multiple

versions of a ﬁle have been backed up, they will appear in this list and ca n be selected. If you don’t

select an item in the version list, the most recently backed up version will be restored.

6. Selectthedevicecontainingyourbackup. ClickontheDevices link in the Task bar as in the

conﬁguration of the backup job.

7. You may ignore the Conﬁguration and Advanced links for this example.

8. Click OK to complete the job conﬁguration. Click Yes attheprompttoseethenewjob(command)

in your Home folder.

9. Select the new job object and click the Run button on the Command bar to start the job. If you have

installed the Quick Access Control, hold the cursor over the Data Protector Express icon in the

Windows System tray, normally in the bottom right corner of your screen. You can see that the

job is running.

NOTE:

During execution of the job you may notice a ﬂashingredbuttoninthelowerrightportionofthescreen.

This indicates an that requires your intervention. Click the button to open the alert details and resolve the

issue.

10. The status of the job is visible in the lower left hand pane, the Info bar, of the Administrator.

Alternately, click on the Status and Logs link in the top left hand area — the Navigation bar.For

more detailed information click on Status in the Command bar. The job’s property page will open

and show the status of the running job.

11. It is a good practice to check the logs after a job runs to ensure that there were no problems. Click

Status and Logs in the Navigation bar. Locate your job in the list, click on the + sign to expand the

job and select the most recent run. The proper ty pane will show the ﬁrst page of the job log. To see

theentirelog,clicktheView Log button in the Command bar.

12. Select the log entry for the restore job and double-click to open it. Scroll through the log to check that

everything is OK. If the Next button is bold, there are additional pages to check. Click Close when

you have ﬁnished reading the log.

13. You have now created and run your ﬁrst r estor e job.

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