Restore the data from a backup job that was aged.
Exception: For Virtual Server Agent (VSA) clients with the latest version of indexing, only full VM restores are supported.
Before You Begin
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Login to CommCell Console as user with CommCell level Administrative Management capability.
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Users with In Place Recover capabilities on a client will be able to restore merged data on that client.
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Enabling browse and restore of aged Data.
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For VSA clients, to perform full VM restores, there must exist a backup set under a parent hyperV or VCenter client for each merged VM client's backup set. Once this is created/verified, contact Customer Support to add the entries in database.
Procedure
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From the CommCell Console, expand the Client Computers node.
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Right-click the Client and click View > Job History. The Job History Filter dialog box appears.
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Click Advanced on the Job History Filter dialog box. The Data Protection History Advanced Filter dialog box appears.
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Select Include Aged Data. You must select this option because the backup jobs merged in to the CommServe database are marked as aged data.
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Click OK on the Data Protection History Advanced Filter dialog box.
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Click OK on the Job History Filter dialog box. The Data Management Job History tab in the right pane of the CommCell console displays a list of backup jobs performed for the client. The aged backup jobs appear in the grey color.
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Choose the job to restore.
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Right-click the Job and click Browse and Restore.
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Click View Content on the Browse and Restore Options dialog box. The right pane of the CommCell console displays the data backed up during the job.
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Select the required data and click Recover All Selected...
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Click OK on the Restore Options for All Selected Items dialog box to start the recovery operation.