Several additional options are available to further refine your restore operations. The following table describes these options, as well as the steps to implement them.
Be sure to read the overview material referenced for each feature prior to using them.
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Option
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Description
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Related Topics
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Automatically Detect Regular Expressions
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This option allows you to automatically detect regular expressions (wildcard characters) in the virtual machines assigned to a subclient.
This allows you to restore the files and folders in virtual machines which contain regular expressions in their name (e.g., c:\[test1]).
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From the CommCell Browser, click Client Computers > Virtual Server > <instance name> > BackupSet. The default and other subclients (if available) are displayed on the right-hand windowpane.
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Right-click the backupset that contains the data you want to restore. Click All Tasks and then click Restore.
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From the Restore Options window, select the Type of Intended Restore and click OK.
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From the browse window, select the data to be restored and click Recover all Selected.
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From the Restore Options for All Selected Items dialog box, click Advanced.
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From the Advanced Restore Options (General) tab, select Automatically Detect Regular Expressions option.
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Click OK.
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Impersonate User
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This information is needed only if you intend to restore data to a mapped network drive, shared network drive, or directory to which you do not have access privileges.
You can impersonate a windows logon information with an account that has access rights to restore data.
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From the CommCell Browser, click Client Computers > Virtual Server > <instance name> > BackupSet. The default and other subclients (if available) are displayed on the right-hand windowpane.
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From the CommCell Browser, right-click the backupset that contains the data you want to restore. Click All Tasks and then click Restore.
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From the Restore Options window, select the Type of Intended Restore and click OK.
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From the browse window, select the data to be restored and click Recover all Selected.
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From the Restore Options for All Selected Items dialog box, click Advanced.
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From the Advanced Restore Options (General) tab, select Impersonate User option.
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In User Name and Password boxes, enter a user name and password which has access privileges. In Confirm Password box, type the password again.
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Click OK.
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Startup Options
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The Job Manager uses the startup priority setting when allocating required resources. This is useful if you have jobs that are very important and must complete, or jobs that can be moved to a lower priority.
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From the CommCell Browser, click Client Computers | <VirtualizationClient> | Virtual Server | <**InstanceName> | defaultBackupSet.
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Right-click the subclient that contains the data to restore and select Browse and Restore.
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Select the type of restore in the Browse and Restore Options dialog and click OK.
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Select the data to be restored and click Recover all Selected.
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From the Restore Options for All Selected Items dialog box, click Advanced.
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From the Advanced Restore Options (Startup) tab, select the Use Default Priority option.
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Select the Change Priority option to change the priority for a job, between 0 (highest priority) and 999 (lowest priority).
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Select the Start up in Suspended State option to start the selected job in a suspended state.
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Click OK.
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Refer to Job Priority and Priority Precedence.
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Copy Precedence
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When you select the Restore from copy precedence option, the system recovers or retrieves data from the selected storage policy copy (Synchronous Copy or Selective Copy). If data does not exist in the specified copy, the data recovery or retrieve operation fails, even if the data exists in another copy of the same storage policy.
When cleared (the default), the system recovers or retrieves data from the storage policy copy with the lowest copy precedence. If the data was pruned from the primary copy, the system automatically recovers or retrieves from the other copies of the storage policy in the lowest copy precedence to highest copy precedence order. Once the data is found, it is recovered or retrieved, and no further copies are checked.
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From the CommCell Browser, click Client Computers | <VirtualizationClient> | Virtual Server | <InstanceName> | defaultBackupSet.
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Right-click the subclient that contains the data to restore and select Browse and Restore.
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Select the type of restore from the Restore Options dialog box and click OK.
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From the Content tab, select the data to be restored and click Recover all Selected.
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From the Restore Options for All Selected Items dialog box, click Advanced.
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From the Advanced Restore Options (Copy Precedence) tab, select the Restore from copy precedence option.
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Select the number to change the selected copy's precedence. The numbers will move a copy to a higher or lower precedence in increments of 1.
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Click OK.
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Refer to Recovering Data From Copies.
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Data Path Options
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Data Recovery operations use a specific data path (Library, MediaAgent, Drive Pool, and Drive) to perform restore operations as configured in the CommCell. By default, the system automatically identifies the data path for restore operations. You can change the data path in the Advanced Restore Options dialog by selecting a different MediaAgent, library, drive pool, or drive.
The following are some of the important situations where you may need to change the data path:
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To free heavily loaded resources such as MediaAgents and libraries.
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To move media to a different library after a library suffers severe hardware damage, in order to access data secured by data protection operations.
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To assign a storage policy copy from a more active drive pool to a less active one, when one drive pool within a library is being used much more frequently than another.
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From the CommCell Browser, click Client Computers | <VirtualizationClient> | Virtual Server | <InstanceName> | defaultBackupSet.
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Right-click the subclient that contains the data to restore and select Browse and Restore.
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Select the type of restore in the Restore Options dialog box and click OK.
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From the Content tab, select the data to be restored and click Recover all Selected.
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From the Restore Options for All Selected Items dialog box, click Advanced.
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From the Advanced Restore Options (Data Path) tab, select the MediaAgent and Library that you wish to use for the restore.
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Select the Drive Pool and Drive for tape library.
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To restore using a specific proxy server, select the name of the Proxy server.
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Click OK.
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Refer to Change Data Path.
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Encryption
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You can configure encryption for a subclient during the data recovery operation. To encrypt data during data recovery operations using the CommCell Console, you must configure encryption at the client level first, then at the subclient level.
If you configure data encryption with a pass phrase and do not elect to export the pass phrase to destination clients, you must enter the pass phrase during immediate data recovery operations. Scheduled data recovery operations require you to export the pass phrase.
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From the CommCell Browser, click Client Computers | <VirtualizationClient> | Virtual Server | <InstanceName> | defaultBackupSet.
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Right-click the subclient that contains the data to restore and select Browse and Restore.
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Select the type of restore on the Restore Options dialog box and click OK.
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Select the data to be restored and click Recover all Selected.
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From the Restore Options for All Selected Items dialog box, click Advanced.
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From the Advanced Restore Options (Encryption) tab, enter a pass phrase in the Pass Phrase dialog box.
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Enter the pass phrase again in the Re-enter Pass Phrase dialog box.
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Click OK.
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Refer to Data Encryption.
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Job Retry Options
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Restore jobs can be restarted either by a user or automatically by the Job Manager. You can specify the maximum elapsed time before a job can be restarted or killed and the maximum number of restart attempts.
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From the CommCell Browser, click Client Computers | <VirtualizationClient> | Virtual Server | <InstanceName> | defaultBackupSet.
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Right-click the subclient that contains the data to restore and click Browse and Restore.
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Select the type of restore in the Restore Options dialog and click OK.
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Select the data to be restored and click Recover all Selected.
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From the Restore Options for All Selected Items dialog box, click Advanced.
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From the Advanced Restore Options (Job Retry) tab, select the Enable Total Running Time option.
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Select the Enable Number of Retries option.
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Select the Kill Running Jobs When Total Running Time Expires option.
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Click OK.
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Refer to Job Management.
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ESX Browse selection
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Virtual machines can be restored to any datastore on the ESX Server using the credentials of the default ESX Server or the Virtual Center.
You can Override the default selection and select the desired location to which the virtual machine will be restored. These options provide the flexibility to distribute restored virtual machines to a location with greater space and resource availability.
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From the CommCell Browser, click Client Computers > Virtual Server > <instance name> > BackupSet. The default and other subclients (if available) are displayed on the right-hand windowpane.
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From the CommCell Browser, right-click the backupset that contains the data you want to restore. Click All Tasks and then click Restore.
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From the Restore Options window, select the Type of Intended Restore and click OK.
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From the browse window, select the data to be restored and click Recover all Selected.
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From the Restore Options for All Selected Items dialog box, click Advanced.
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From the Advanced Restore Options (ESX Browse) tab, select Default Selection option. Select the ESX Server from the drop down list.
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Select the Override Default Selection to change the default selection.
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Enter the desired Virtual Center/ESX Server name.
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Select Server Logon Account and enter the User Account.
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Click Configure Password to create a password.
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Click Browse Virtual Center/ESX Servers for destination option to select the desired location to which the virtual machine will be restored.
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Click OK.
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Alert
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The Alert option is used to set criteria for notifications or alerts that are triggered by job status, such as failure, success, or any other conditions triggered by the restore job. Adding alerts helps the user or the user group get automatic notification about the status of a restore job.
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From the CommCell Browser, click Client Computers | <VirtualizationClient> | Virtual Server | <InstanceName> | defaultBackupSet.
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Right-click the subclient that contains the data to restore and click Browse and Restore.
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Select the type of restore in the Restore Options dialog box and click OK.
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Select the data to be restored and click Recover all Selected.
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From the Restore Options for All Selected Items dialog box, click Advanced.
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From the Advanced Restore Options (Alert) tab, click Add Alert.
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From the Add Alert Wizard dialog, select Threshold and Notification Criteria Selection and click Next.
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Select the Notification Type(s) Selection option and click Next.
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Select the User(s) and User Group(s) Selection and click Next.
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Verify the Summary.
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Click Finish.
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Refer to Alerts and Notifications.
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Command Line Restores
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Command Line Interface enables you to perform restore operations from the command line. The qcommands can be executed from the command line or can be integrated into your own scripts or scheduling programs.
In addition, you can also generate scripts for specific operations from the CommCell Console using the Save As Script option. These scripts can later be executed using the commands from the command line interface.
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Refer to Command Line Interface.
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CommCell Readiness Report
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CommCell Readiness Report provides you with important information about the potential problems that can impact your restore operations before they occur.
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Refer to CommCell Readiness Report.
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Restore Job Summary Report
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Restore Job Summary Report provides you the summary of all restore jobs during a specified time period for each client. Select Restore option from the Job Summary Report Selection dialog box, to view the Restore Job Summary Report.
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Refer to Restore Job Summary Report.
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