Restore What

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Restoring from ZMC  

ZMC Restore What page is the first step in restoring files using the Zmanda Management Console. This section covers generic file system restores.  

The Restore What page specifies what to restore. It allows you to choose a single file or a single directory or all directories/ files under a single directory.  

Selecting what to restore is a two-step process:  

  1. Use Select Backup Set option to specify which Backup set is to be restored.  
  2. Use the Restore To (on or before) sub-section to restore to a particular state of the backup set.  

  

Use the Restore Preference option to specify more detailed information about what is to be restored. You can use the Restore All option to restore the complete backup image or use Explore & Select option to view the restore tree and select files manually or use Search Specific files to search for specific files/folders to restore. 

 

 

 

Restore To (on or before)  

This field is optional. When Today is checked/ selected current date or current time is used, if no date or time is given. Format for the date is to be given in DD-MM-YYYY.  

 

 

 

 

Host Name  

It is a required field. The name of host whose backup has to be restored. The hostname must exactly match the name given in the ZMC Backup What page for this backup set. You can click the Edit/ Pencil icon to select various possible options.  

Alias/ Directory/ Path  

Required. The directory/ path/ Alias that has to be restored. The value has to exactly match the name given in the ZMC Backup What page for the backup set. You can use the Edit/ Pencil icon to get possible values for this field in the host specified in the Host Name field.    

Search Specific Files Option  

When you search for specific files to restore, you can provide a specific pattern to search for and you can do an exact match or the files/folders that begin with the pattern or ends with the pattern.