Restoring OneDrive for Business Data
You can restore Microsoft OneDrive for Business data either to the same location from where it was backed up, or to a different location.
You can restore data as follows:
- Same location: You can restore data from the cloud to the server from where it was backed up.
- Different location: You can restore data to a physical disk that is attached to a client that has the Cloud Apps package installed on it.
You can perform the restore operation on a default subclient or a user-defined subclient that has been backed up.
Procedure
- From the navigation pane, go to Protect > Applications > Office 365.
The Office 365 apps page appears.
- Click the OneDrive for Business app.
The app page appears.
- Select one or more users that you want to restore, and then click Restore.
The Backup content page appears.
- From the upper-right of the page, select the backups to restore:
- To restore the most recent backup, click Show latest backups.
- To restore a backup from a specific date, click Show backups as of a specific date, select a date, and then select the backup.
- To restore a backup from a date range, click Show backups for a date range, select a date range, and then select the backup.
- Select the subclients you want to restore, and then click Restore.
The Restore options dialog box appears.
- Whether you want to restore data to the OneDrive cloud or to a physical disk, complete one of the following steps:
- To restore data to the OneDrive cloud, from the Restore destination list, select OneDrive for Business.
- To restore data to a physical disk, from the Restore destination list, select File Location.
- To restore the data, follow one of the methods in the table below:
Restore to the same location
Restore to a different location
Restore to a disk
- Restore the data to its original location: Select this option to restore data to the same location from which the data was backed up.
- Unconditionally overwrite if it already exists: To overwrite files and folders that are in the destination and have the same names as files and folders that you are restoring, select this check box.
- Restore the data to another location: Select this option to restore data to a different location.
- User: Browse or type the email ID of the user to which you want to restore data.
- Folder: By default, data is restored in the root folder of the selected user. You can browse to restore data to a different folder.
- Unconditionally overwrite if it already exists: To overwrite files and folders that are in the destination and have the same names as files and folders that you are restoring, select this check box.
- Destination server: Select a client that has the Cloud Apps package installed, and that is attached to the physical disk that you want to restore the data to.
- Destination path: Click Browse to choose a folder on the physical disk that is attached to the destination client that you selected.
- Click Submit.
Note:
- Public share links are not restored for files.
- You cannot restore a Notebook with an attachment of size 4 MB or greater.
Last modified: 3/3/2021 12:41:49 PM