You can browse and select a volume that is to be restored on a tape or disk media. Note that the destination volume must be at least as large as the volume from which the data was backed up. This is true regardless of the amount of data that is actually restored. For more information about block-level backups, see Block-Level Backups.
Caution
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Do not run a volume-level restore if the destination volume has operating system files. Volume-level restores overwrite the destination volume.
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If you have system state components on the volume that is to be restored, do not perform volume-level restores.
Before You Begin
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If you have system state components on the volume that is to be restored, do not perform volume-level restores.
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Multinode restores are not supported for volume-level restores from a backup copy.
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Multinode restores are supported for volume-level restores from a snapshot copy. For more information about multinode restores, see Using Multiple Nodes to Restore Data to CIFS Shares with the Windows File System Agent.
Procedure
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From the CommCell Browser, expand Client Computers> client > File System > backup_set.
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Right-click the appropriate subclient, and then click Browse and Restore.
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In the Browse and Restore Options dialog box, select the Volume Level Browse (Restore the disk image/volume) check box.
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Optional: If you want to browse using a specific backup copy, on the Advanced Options tab, select the Browsefromcopyprecedence check box, and specify the precedence number to browse from the backup copy.
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Optional: If you want to select a specific MediaAgent, then from the Use MediaAgent list, select the MediaAgent associated with the data you want to browse.
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Click View Content.
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Select the volumes to be restored, and then click Recover All Selected.
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In the RestoreOptionsforAllSelectedItems dialog box, select the destination client from the Destination Client list.
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Under RestorePaths&Destinations, in the Source Volume column, click the source volume, and then click Browse to select the destination volume.
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Click Add and then click OK.
Result
To view the total number of objects that were restored, review the job details.
For volume-level restores from the snapshot copy, the job status displayed in the Job Controller window shows as running, even though the job progress bar displays 100%. To view the total number of volumes that were restored, review the job details of the snapshot copy job.