NDMP restoration

To restore data from an NDMP backup:

  1. find the backup which contains the data you want;
  2. find the tape which contains this backup;
  3. tell Arkeia Network Backup where to put the recovered data;
  4. enter any NDMP environment variables necessary for this restoration; and
  5. launch the restoration job.

Select file

In this tab, Arkeia Network Backup displays the list of files selected for restoration. Remove a file from the list by clicking on Delete.

An entire backup data set, individual directories, or single files can be restored.

It is possible that there are more than one backup data sets containing file(s) to be restored. Different versions of the file to be restored can exist in different backup data sets.

There are two ways to select the files to be restored from a backup data set:

Backup data navigator

The backup data set which contains the correct file version is selected from the list of all backup data sets currently in storage by picking a time period during which the backup of that version was made.

From
In the From: drop list, select a backup job which was run before the file version to be restored. If you know exactly what backup data set you want, select it from the drop list.
To
In the To: drop list, select the last backup job which contains the version you want to restore. For instance, the very last backup may not contain the version needed, so the backup job before the last backup will be selected. If you know exactly what backup data set you want, select it from the drop list.

In this screen the navigator displays a list of clients from which backups are made.Click on the + button next to Root in the navigator to open the sub directories containing backup data sets. Now find the NDMP client and open its tree.

Keep navigating your way down the tree until you find the file or directory you want to restore. Click on the checkbox next to the each directory or filename to be restored. The checked directories or files will be added to the Selected files list.

Search for file

Click on: Select file > Search file

Start of search
Enter the path to the directory where the search is to start.

Define the files to be restored by clicking on the associated checkbox.

File name matching exactly
Enter the directory name or filename to be restored.
Filename containing
Enter a string which is contained in the filename.
Filename ending
Enter a string which is found at the end of the filename.
Filename starting
Enter a string which is found at the start of the filename.

Click on Search, and a list of filenames fitting the criteria entered will be displayed. Click on Add next to the files you want to restore.

Options

Set any NDMP environment variables required for this restoration.

Start the restoration

Click on Start restoration and the Monitor NDMP restoration screen will be displayed as the restoration starts.