Use this dialog box to control how the specified data is to be restored.
Note that restore options vary for single and multiple database restore jobs. The differences are noted below:
Destination Server
Displays the name of the instance to which the selected data will be restored. To change the destination, click one from the list.
Source Server
Displays the name of the source server or database, depending on whether an instance or database was selected for restore.
Destination Server State
Displays the current state of the server.
Refresh
Click to update the current state of the server.
Database List
Lists the database for which you select the objects to restore.
Options
Specifies the restore options.
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Data
When selected, specifies that it will allow Data only restores. You will be able to get only database dump files of any full job.
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Log
When selected, specifies that it will allow Log only restores. You will be able to recover any logs from any backup job.
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Recurring Restore
When selected, allows you to replicate data from one server to another to be used in Fail over cases.
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Restore all database objects
This option appears for table-level restores. When selected, this option allows you to include triggers, views, and user-defined functions in the restore.
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Drop objects if exist
This option appears for table-level restores. When selected, this option allows you to delete tables from the source database prior to restore.
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Define auxiliary database name for Table Restores
This option appears for table-level restores. When selected, this option allows you to import selected tables to a different database other than the specified database.
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Source Database
Displays the name of the source database, depending on the database selected for restore.
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Target Database
Displays the path to the database that is used to restore the selected tables from the source database. Click and specify the path to change the target database.
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Recover
Specifies that the restore operation must recover the database.
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Staging Location
By default, the Job Results directory of the selected destination server is the staging location.
You can restore the latest copy of the transaction logs from a production server to a standby server. If the database on your production server fails, you can apply the latest log backup to the standby server and bring it online.
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Browse
Click to specify the path of the staging location to store the data and logs.
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Destination Folder
Specifies the path of the destination folder to store the logs without applying to the server.
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Browse
Click to specify the path of the destination folder to store the data and logs.
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Point In Time
Specifies that the restore operation must restore single or multiple databases to the selected date and time.
Restore Time and Time Zone
Displays only those jobs that occurred within the specified point in time. Select the following options:
- Restore Time
Provides a space for you to enter the date and time. Click the arrow to display a calendar.
- Time Zone
Lists the time zones. To change the time zone, select one from the list.
Advanced
Click to select additional restore options.
Save As Script
Click to open the Save As Script dialog, which allows you to save this operation and the selected options as a script file (in XML format). The script can later be executed from the Command Line Interface using qoperation execute command.
When you save an operation as a script, each option in the dialog will have a corresponding XML parameter in the script file. When executing the script, you can modify the value for any of these XML parameters.
For more information on restores performed from the command line, see Command Line Interface for MySQL Agent.