Performing Out-of-Place Restore of PostgreSQL Databases from a DumpBased Backup

You can perform out-of-place restore of individual databases from one instance to a different server on the different client using DumpBased restore.

Procedure

1. From the Command Center navigation pane, go to Protect > Databases.

2. On the database Overview page, go to the Instances tab.

3. Click the instance you want to restore, then in the Recovery points tile, select DumpBasedBackupSet, and click Restore.

   Alternatively, in the row for the instance, click the action button , and then click Restore.

4. On the Backup content page, do the following:

   1. Select the data.

      Note

      Ensure that you have performed a successful backup on the selected date.

   2. Select Database view.

   3. Click View selection, and then from the Selected items dialog box, select a correct view.

5. Click Restore.

   The Restore options dialog box appears.

6. Select Out of place.

7. From the Restore type list, select Cross instance restore or Restore to disk option.

8. If you select Cross instance restore, do the following:

   1. From the Destination Client list, select the destination server for the restore.

   2. From the Destination instance list, select the destination instance for the restore.

   3. In the Number of streams box, enter the number of streams that are applicable for snapshot or backup copy restores.

   4. In the Number of parallel jobs box, enter the parallel jobs used to dump a PostgreSQL database during a backup.

   5. In the Staging path box, enter a temporary directory used during restore.

9. If you select Restore to disk, do the following:

   1. From the Destination Client list, select the destination server for the restore.

   2. In the Staging path box, enter a temporary directory used during restore.

10. Under the Advanced options section, perform the following actions:

    • In the Pre or Post options, do the following:

      • In the Pre recovery command box, enter the name or path of the process to run before the restore.

      • In the Post recovery command box, enter the name or path of the process to run after the restore.

      • If you want to initiate the restore as user, move the Run as User toggle button to right.

        In the User name box, enter a user name you want to run the restore with. Additionally, from the Credential list, select an existing credential or add a new credential.

      • Under the Data path, do the following:

        • From the Server name drop-down list, select a media agent server name.

11. To send a notification email when the restore job completes, select the Notify user on job completion.

12. You can configure a schedule to repeat this restore operation. To create a schedule, do the following:

    1. Click Schedule.

       The Add schedule dialog box appears.

    2. In the Name box, type a name for the schedule.

    3. Configure the Frequency and Repeat parameters.

    4. To specify exceptions to the schedule, click Exceptions.

       The Exceptions dialog box appears.

    5. Configure the exception parameters:

       • You can click Add Exception to save a set of exception parameters and continue adding sets of exception parameters.

       • Click Save when you have finished configuring the exception parameters.

    6. Under the Range of recurrence section, specify the Start date and End date to schedule the recurrence range of the restore operation.

    7. To save the schedule and return to the restore dialog box, click Schedule.

13. Click Submit.

Related Topic

Viewing and Editing Database Restore Schedule.