NetVault 13.0.2 - Administration Guide for Managed Service Providers

Table 61. Role-based actions to restore jobs
Restore job actions	MSP administrator	Tenant Administrator	Tenant User
Create Restore Job	X	X	X
Create Restore Job - Manage Indices	X	X	X
Create Restore Job - Media List	X
Change Expiry Date	X	X	X

Restore job definition

To restore data, you need to create and submit a restore job. You can create a restore job definition from the Create Restore Job link in the Navigation pane.

A restore job definition includes the following components:

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Selection list

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Plug-in options

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Target client name (when restoring to an alternate server)

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Scheduling options

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Source device options

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Advanced restore options

These components are stored in NetVault Sets. For more information about NetVault Sets, see About NetVault Sets.

Each restore job has a Job ID number and a Job Name. The Job ID number is an auto-generated number. The Job Name is a user‑defined string that allows you to easily identify the job when monitoring its progress or viewing the job logs.

Creating restore jobs

You can use the restore job wizard to create and submit restore jobs. The wizard can be accessed from the Create Restore Job link in the Navigation pane.

To create a restore job:

In the Navigation pane, click Create Restore Job.

On the Create Restore Job — Choose Saveset page, the saveset table provides a list of available savesets.

Figure 21. Create Restore Job — Choose Saveset page

The table shows the saveset status, saveset name (Job Title and Saveset ID), selection set, plug-in, creation date and time, saveset size, and cataloged status.

The saveset status is indicated using the following icons.

Table 62. Saveset status icons
Icon	Description
	Saveset is online (all segments are online).
	Saveset is partially online (some segments are online).
	Saveset is offline (all segments are offline).

The saveset list is sorted by creation date (newest to oldest). You can sort the list by one or more columns, as required. The arrowhead next to the column name indicates the sort order. For more information, see Sorting records in NetVault WebUI.

The Create Restore Job — Choose Saveset page loads a maximum of 5000 records initially. The total number of records fetched is displayed at the lower-right corner of the table.

You can click Load more to load the next set of records, if available. Each load action fetches a maximum of 5000 records. This button is disabled if there are no more records to load.

To set the filter options, view the page size setting, change the sorting order in the table, export the records, or edit table settings, click the icons at the lower- right corner of the table. For more information, see Customizing tables in NetVault WebUI and Table 13).

You can use the Search option to filter the table data and quickly find entries that contain the specified string in any column values. You can also include wildcards (“?” or “*”) in the search filter string. For more information, see Searching for files in savesets.

Select the saveset that you want to use.


	NOTE: If the online backup index is unavailable for the selected saveset, the Confirm load dialog box is displayed. To load the index from the backup media, click OK, and then in the Load Index dialog box, type or select the number of days you want to store the index in the NetVault Database.

When you select a saveset, the following details are displayed in the Saveset Information area: job ID number, job title, tag, server name, client name, plug-in name, saveset date and time, retirement setting, Incremental Backup or not, archive or not, saveset size, and cataloged status.

Click one of the following options:

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Restore All Using Defaults. This option selects the entire saveset and pre-populates the details on the Create Restore Job page. It then navigates you to the Create Restore Job page where you can optionally change the details by using the buttons beside each text box. The job name appears in the following format: Restore_Saveset savesetid_system date and time _jobid+1. Optionally, you can change the job name. For more information about changing the restore details, continue to the next step. To restore using the pre-populated defaults, skip to Step 11.

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Restore. This option opens the Create Selection Set page. On the Create Selection Set page, select the items that you want to restore.

The data items that are available for selection depend on the plug-in in use. For more information about selecting data for restores, see the relevant plug‑in user's guide.

Click Edit Plugin Options, and configure the options that you want to use, and then click Next.


	NOTE: The restore options that are available to a job depend on the plug-in in use. For more information about these options, see the relevant plug-in user's guide.

On the Create Restore Job page, specify a name for the job.

Assign a descriptive name that allows you to easily identify the job for monitoring its progress.The job name can contain alphanumeric and non-alphanumeric characters, but it cannot contain non-Latin characters. There is no length restriction. However, a maximum of 40 characters is recommended on all platforms.

In the Target Client list, select the restore target. To restore data to the same client (from which data was backed up), use the default setting.

To restore data to an alternate client, select the target client in the list. Alternatively, click Choose. In the Choose the Target Client dialog box, select the client, and click OK.

In the Schedule list, select an existing Schedule Set, or click Create New, and configure the schedule type and schedule method. For more information. For more information, see Creating Schedule Sets.

The predefined set “Immediate” is selected by default. To run the job as soon as it is submitted, use this set.

In the Source Options list, select an existing Source Set, or click Create New, and configure the source device options. For more information, see Creating Source Sets for restore jobs.

The predefined set “Any Device” is selected by default. To select any available device for the job, use this set.

In the Advanced Options list, select an existing Restore Advanced Options Set, or click Create New, and configure the options that you want to use. For more information, see Creating Restore Advanced Options Sets.

The predefined set “Restore from selected backup” is selected by default.


	NOTE: To create a restore job, you can understand more about the sets by previewing the set information. To preview the set summary, move the pointer over the fields on Create Restore Job page.

To save your selections but not submit the restore job for scheduling, click Save.

To save any changes you may have made and submit the restore job for scheduling, click Save & Submit.

You can monitor the job progress from the Job Status page and view the logs from the View Logs page. For more information, see Viewing job activity and Viewing log messages.

Restoring data using an existing Restore Selection Set

You can use the following procedure to restore data using an existing Restore Selection Set. This procedure is useful if a user role is not granted the “Jobs — Administer backup/restore sets” privilege, which is required to create or edit a Restore Selection Set.

To restore data using an existing Restore Selection Set:

In the Navigation pane, click Manage Sets.

In the Set Type list, select Restore Selection.

In the list of available sets, select the set that you want to use, and click Edit.

On the Edit Selection Set page, click Next.

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On the Edit Selection Set page, modify the data selections, set name, or plug-in option.

Click Next. In the Confirm overwrite dialog box, click OK to overwrite the existing set.


	NOTE: To preview the selection set summary and plug-in options set summary, move the pointer over the information icons on Edit Selection Set page.

Complete Step 5 through Step 11 in the section Creating restore jobs.

Searching for files in savesets

The Search All / Search Selected Saveset(s) option on the Create Restore Job — Choose Saveset page allows you to find specific files or data items without opening any savesets or browsing through their contents. You can use filenames or regular expressions to find the data items that you want to restore.

To conduct a catalog search within a saveset, click the bulb icon shown near Search All or Search Selected Saveset(s) button on the Create Restore Job — Choose Saveset page.

To search for data items in savesets:

On the Create Restore Job — Choose Saveset page, select a saveset and then click Search Selected Saveset(s).

If you do not want to select a saveset, the default option to click is Search All.

In the Search for files in savesets details drawer, enter the following criteria.


	NOTE: By default, the simple search uses the wildcards “*” meaning “match anything” and “?” meaning “match one character.” To use a full-featured Portable Operating System Interface for Unix (POSIX) regular expression, select Regular expression search next to each applicable option.

Table 63. Search criteria for files in savesets
Option	Description
Name	Enter the name of the file that you want to find.
Path	Enter the location of the file that you want to find.
Search	In the text box, enter a string of words that are associated with the selected criteria.
Job Name	Enter the job name that applies to the file that you want to find.
Backup Selection Set	Enter the name of the backup selection set that contains the file that you want to find.
Backup Date	Under From, enter the earliest time and date of your search range in the respective text boxes. Under To, enter the latest time and date of your search range in the respective text boxes.
Modified Time	Under From, enter the earliest time and date of your search range in the respective text boxes. Under To, enter the latest time and date of your search range in the respective text boxes.
Size in Bytes	Enter the Min (minimum) and Max (maximum) size, in bytes, for the search range.
Plugin fields	Expand to reveal the available options, and then select the plug-in or plug-ins that relate to your search.
Client fields	Expand to reveal the available options, and then select the client or clients that relate to your search.
Job fields	Expand to reveal the available options, and then select the job or jobs that relate to your search.
Use legacy search method	In cases when a saveset that is not cataloged is included in the search, the option to use the legacy search method appears. With this option, only a search bar is available to conduct the search. Catalog filters do not apply to savesets that are not cataloged.

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Click Search.

The details drawer closes and redirects you to the Search Results page.

Figure 22. Search Results with catalog search enabled

The following information about the search results is displayed:

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Filter icon: To filter the records displayed in the search results table, click this icon. For more information on filter options, see Table 14.

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‘Search filters’ drawer is displayed on the right- side of the page. Set the following filter options and click Apply.

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To clear the filter settings, click Clear.

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To edit the applied filters, clear the filter settings, and then apply new filter settings.

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To close the ‘Search filters’ drawer without editing or setting the filter options, click Cancel.

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The total number of search results and number of records shown on the page may not be equal because, the search results shows the number of occurrences however, the rows shows the number of non-identical items found. If copies of an item are found, then the row displays the copy icon. To view the copies of the files and select for restore, click the copy icon. Copies are defined as items with identical machine, path, name, size, and modified time.

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Expand icon: To expand all result items, click the expand icon shown on top of the results table.

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Collapse icon: To collapse all result items, click the collapse icon shown on top of the results table.

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Settings icon: To set the number of search results per page, click the settings icon. ‘Settings’ drawer is displayed on the right- side of the page. Type or select the value and click OK. By default, the page displays 25 records. You can view a minimum 10 and maximum 100 records on the Search Results page.

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New Search button: To search the data items in the selected saveset, click New Search.

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The Search for Files in Savesets details drawer opens. Repeat steps 1-3.To expand an item and view the file metadata, such as plug-in, job name, job ID, saveset ID, and backup date and time, click the corresponding plus icon.

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To view the media information for a saveset, click the corresponding context- menu icon and then click ‘show media list for the saveset’. Status (online or offline) of the storage media and other information is displayed in the dialog box. To close the dialog box, click Close.

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Copy icon is displayed if the corresponding result is present in multiple savesets.

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Filename

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The Filepath link appears below the filename. To search within this location, click the link. The Search for Files in Savesets drawer opens with the Path automatically populated.

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Filesize

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Last modified date and time

Select the items you want to restore. You can only restore items from one saveset. Click Restore selected items.

Complete Step 5 through Step 11 in the section Creating restore jobs.