Restore Where

The Restore Where page specifies the destination directory for recovered files.  

The Restore Where defines where the data is to be restored. It also lets you control how the file restore operation proceeds.  

Where would you like to restore to?  

DLE/ Object Type and Original Host Type and Original are non-editable fields  

Destination Host Name  

The Destination Host is the machine where you want to restore the files. It need not be the same machine that originally contained the backed up data.  

If no Destination Host is specified, the files are restored to the Amanda server machine.   

Destination Host Type   

Choose either Linux/ Unix/ Mac/ Solaris or Windows.  

• If the Destination Host is defined as Linux/ UNIX the data will be restored as user root. You can specify a different user such as amandabackup to execute the restore. Please note restoring as a non-root user may not preserve directory/file ownership.  
• If the Destination Host is running Windows, then the data will be restored as user amandabackup. This cannot be changed.  

If you are restoring Windows backups to Linux/Unix/Mac/Solaris host, the data is restored as zip file which can be copied to Windows machine and extracted using pkzip or winzip tools that support ZIP64 format. Example message that appears in ZMC:  

When restoring Windows backup image files created by ZWC to non-Windows systems, only the raw image file (ZIP formatted) can be restored. Please  make sure adequate space exists for restoring the entire backup image file.  

Linux/Unix/Mac/Solaris client backups cannot be restored to Windows.  

Destination Directory   

The directory on the Destination Host where the files will be restored. It can be either Original location from where backup was performed or an alternate location (Destination Directory).  

Temporary Directory   A directory on the Destination Host (not applicable for Windows hosts) that ZMC will use temporarily during the restore process. Please note that there should be sufficient space to store the whole backup image in this directory. The amandabackup user should have permissions to write to this directory.