Validating a Restore of Salesforce Metadata to Salesforce

Before you restore Salesforce metadata to the Salesforce cloud, you can validate the restore. When the validation runs, a validation job is created. If errors occur during the validation job, the job is marked as pending. If the validation job is successful, the job is marked as complete.

Before You Begin

• Verify that the Salesforce user who performs the validation has a System Administrator profile or an equivalent profile.

• You must have a subclient that includes metadata. For more information, see Backing Up Salesforce Metadata.

Procedure

1. From the CommCell Browser, go to Client Computers > client > Cloud Apps > instance.

2. Right-click the subclient, and then click Browse and Restore.

   The Browse and Restore Options dialog box appears.

3. Make the following selections:

   1. Select Latest Backup.

   2. Select the Metadata View check box.

   3. Click View Content.

4. Select the metadata that you want to restore, and then click Recover All Selected.

   The Restore Options dialog box appears.

5. On the General tab, provide the destination information:

   1. Select the Salesforce Instance check box.

   2. From the Destination Client list, select the Salesforce destination to which you want to restore.

   3. From the Destination Instance list, select the instance.

   4. In the Destination Path box, type the full path to the staging location.

   5. In the Number of Streams box, type the number of streams to use for the restore.

   6. Select the Validate Only check.

6. Click OK.

What to Do Next

Monitor the restore job. If the job is not successful, go to the job details page to review the errors.

Related Topics

• Viewing Jobs and Job Details in the Job Controller

• Restoring Salesforce Metadata to Salesforce

• To troubleshoot errors that occur during a restore operation, see Troubleshooting Salesforce Restore Operations.