You can browse and select a volume to restore from a backup copy 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.
If the size of the destination volume is bigger than the source volume, the file system size on the destination volume after the restore operation will be less than the actual device size. You must manually resize the file system on the destination volume.
Warning: Do not run a volume-level restore if the destination volume has operating system files. Volume-level restores overwrite the destination volume.
About The Task
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When you perform a volume-level restore from the backup copy, the volume is rebuilt using the index to the latest point-in-time.
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Restoring multiple volumes at a time by using volume-level restores is not supported. Restore each volume separately.
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Multinode restores are not supported for volume-level restores from a backup copy.
Procedure
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From the CommCell Browser, expand Client Computers> Client > File System > Backup Set.
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Right-click the 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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On the Advanced Options tab, select the Browse from copy precedence check box and specify the preference number to browse from the backup copy.
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From the Use MediaAgent list, select the MediaAgent associated with the data you want to browse, preferably the MediaAgent that is local to the destination client.
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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 Restore Options for All Selected Items dialog box, select the destination client from the Destination Client list.
Note: Volume-level restores are supported across only similar platforms.
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Under Restore Paths & 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.