Restoration

Access rights, file ownership, modification date, POSIX ACLs and linux extended attributes can be changed when restoring the files. The overwrite policy can be specified, and the files can be restored to a new location instead of their original location. The restored files can be verified, at two levels of reliability, after restoration.

Find the backup data set

It is possible that there are more than one backup data sets containing file(s) to be restored. The backup data set from which the correct version can be restored is selected from the list of all backup data sets currently in storage, by choosing a narrow period of time during which the correct version was backed up.

Click on:
Select file > Navigator

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.

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.

Find the file(s)

Find the file(s) to be restored:

File navigator

Click on:
Select file > Navigator

Click on the + button next to Root in the left panel of the navigator to open the sub directories containing the backup data set. 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.

Search by filename

Click on: Select file > Search file

Start of search
Enter the path to the directory where the search is to start. The path must include the name of the machine where the search operation must be performed. The path syntax must follow the usual Arkeia convention: as an example: mymachine_name!file:/mypath.

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.

File properties

of the restored files can be changed in the Options menu.

Access rights
Click on this option to restore all the original access rights of the files. If unchecked, this option will simply restore the current access rights.
Modification date
Click on this option to restore the original date of the file. If this option is unchecked, Arkeia will replace the original date and time of the file with the date and time at which the restoration is taking place.
POSIX ACLs
If the data was saved with POSIX access control lists, they will be restored if this box is checked.
Linux extended attributes
If the data was saved with Linux extended attributes, they will be restored if this box is checked.

Overwrite existing files

The policy for overwriting existing files on restoration is set in Options.

Overwrite: Do not restore if file exists...
If the file exists in the location to which you are restoring, even if it is an older version than the file in the backup data set, it will not be restored when this box is checked.
Overwrite: Restore if the file has been modified...
If the existing file is newer than the same file in the backup data set, the file in the backup data set will overwrite it on restoration if this box is checked.

File ownership properties

The file ownership properties of restored files is set in Options. Select from the drop list:

By user name
Choose this option and Arkeia will search the /etc/passwd file for the user ID that matches the owner of the files being restored.
By user ID
Click on this option and Arkeia will use the original user ID of the files being restored, regardless of the entries in /etc/passwd.

Verification

Verification of the files is selected in the drop list

Options: Type of action

Restoration
The default action, restores the selected files.
Verification Standard
The files are checked for readability at this verification level.
Verification High
Select this level of verification for the highest degree of confidence that the files are not corrupted. Individual file checksums are computed and compared with those of the files in the backup. It will take longer to verify at this level than at the Standard verification level.
Please note that if one of the verification types is selected, the files are verified but not restored.

Redirect the files being restored

To restore files to a place different from their original location, click on: Redirection

Source
Click on this drop list to display files that have been selected for restoration, then select from the list the files to be redirected.
Destination
Click on this drop list and type in the new path to for the files chosen in Source.

Start the restoration job

Click on Start restoration. The Show restoration screen will appear.

To monitor a restoration job which is currently running, click on:

Home > Jobs

and select the restoration job from the list. Then click on

Monitor job

and the Show restoration screen will appear.