RestoreWhat

The "Restore Settings" panel

• Backup Date
  • The user is expected to enter the Backup date in the format MM/DD/YYYY.
  • If any other format is used, the GUI will throw an error and point out the expected format.
  • If users leave the Date field blank and enter the remaining two fields properly, users will get the image of the backed up data as of the current date and time .
  • If users enter a date on which no Backup was run, the user will get an error message that starts with "Error while attempting to read an index file...."It will also inform the user that no index file exists for that date.

• Backup Time
  • The user is expected to enter the Backup time in the format HH:MM.
  • If any other format is used, the GUI will throw an error and point out the expected format.
  • If users leave the Time field blank, users will get the image of the backed up data as of the current date and time .
  • If users enter a date and time on which no Backup was run, the user will get an error message that starts with "Error while attempting to read an index file...."It will also inform the user that no index file exists for that date.

• Initial Host
  • The user has to enter the host name here.
  • It must be exactly the same as the user has entered on the Backup What page while creating the Backup Set.
    • The GUI will automatically display the host name once the first few characters that make it a unique name have been entered.
• Initial Directory
  • The user has to enter the same name that was entered on Backup What page while creating the Backup Set.
  • ZMc regards the directory '/tmp' as being different from the directory '/tmp/'. It treats the ending slash as a distinguishing mark.

TIP
If a Directory is missing in RestoreWhat page bottom panel, check on BackupWhat page as to how you entered its name there.

• • The Initial Directory field behaves just like the Initial Host field.
• Explore Button
  • If there are any errors in entering the data in the Restore setting panel, they will be caught when the user presses the 'Explore' Button.
  • If everything has been properly entered, Explore Button will populate the 'Select directories/files panel below it.

• In the list in the lower panel, Files are shown in black color, while Directory names are shown as hyper links.
• Clicking the hyper link will open the lower level directory. It will also show the upper level directory in the pane(No 1 below).

• In the left panel all the lower level files/directories are displayed.
• In Fig. 4 some files check boxes have been ticked(No 2 above).
• Then the Double arrow Button (No 3 above) has been pressed to transfer their names to right hand side panel.
• Here, ticking the Check boxes (No 4 above) and then Clicking the 'Next Step' Button at the bottom of the page will take the user to the Restore Where page.
• Clicking the 'Up' button in panel No 1 above will bring the user back to the parent.
• Entering a directory path in the text box in panel No 1 above and clicking the 'Go' button will take the user to the appropriate directory opened in the lower panel (No 2 above.)