Searching for files within the DocRetriever Console
Once you open a data source within the DocRetriever Console, you can search through the SharePoint content to find specific data or components.
For a simple search, you can enter your criteria in the search text box on the top right of the console.
Recovering SharePoint data
This section describes how to complete data recovery using the DocRetriever Console after you open the data source from SharePoint, SQL, or a recovery point.
After loading a data source, the left-hand side of the DocRetriever Console features a navigation tree that displays each SharePoint application that you can restore from the selected SharePoint farm in your backup source.
You can restore all data from a recovery point, SharePoint farm, SQL backup, or SharePoint backup; or you can specify and restore one or more specific SharePoint objects, such as a document, item list, or mode.
Performing a restore with DocRetriever
Most objects present in an offline backup of SharePoint data are included in the restored data, including libraries with content, calendars, attachments, images, discussions, and the properties of those objects. Permissions are also restored.
Use the steps in this procedure to restore your data from a selected backup.
The Restore Wizard displays. There are three sequential pages in the wizard; each addresses one aspect of the restore process, as described in the following table.
a. |
From the Restore direction drop-down menu, select one of the following: |
b. |
In the Port number text box, confirm that the appropriate port is selected. |
If this port is not open or available in your environment, change the port by doing the following:
The Change port number text box is now accessible.
b. |
In the Change port number text box, enter the appropriate port number. |
a. |
On the Front-end server menu, select the appropriate front-end web server host name or IP address of the protected SharePoint server from which to mount your recovery point, and then click Verify. |
The system verifies the credentials that were specified during the agent installation.
The Destination page of the Restore Wizard appears.
The Review Restore Parameters page of the Restore Wizard appears.
6. |
On the Review Restore Parameters page, enter the restore parameters that indicate how to handle the data you are restoring from the backup into your destination SharePoint site, as described in the following table. |
Table 9. Restore parameters
Text Box |
UI Control Type |
Description |
Duplicate actions |
Drop-down menu |
Determines at the top level what the application should do when it encounters in your backup a duplicate of an item already in your SharePoint data. Options include:
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Skip. If an object of the same name already exists in your SharePoint application, it is not imported. |
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Overwrite. If an object of the same name already exists in your SharePoint application, it is overwritten with the (possibly older) item in the selected backup. |
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Create Duplicate. If an object of the same name already exists in your SharePoint application, the (possibly older) item from the selected backup is also restored to your repository. The duplicate uses the same name and is appended with a sequential number. For example, if the object being restored is a site called OurCompany, then the restored item (the first time it is restored) appears as OurCompany1. This is because the name in SharePoint serves as an ID and must be unique. | |
Container actions: Merge containers |
Check box |
The Merge containers setting applies only if the duplicate action value selected is Overwrite.
When this option is selected, then instead of restoring objects in separate site collections, the restored items are merged into the existing containers in the SharePoint web application. |
Object types |
Check box |
From this window, you can select to recover properties of the backup data, or you can restore the data without those properties. Options include:
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Deleted. If DocRetriever Console restore settings are configured to show deleted items, then when this option is selected, those deleted items will be restored. If this option is cleared. deleted items are not restored. To determine where the restored items are placed, use the Restore location (deleted) setting. |
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System. If this option is selected, system items are restored. |
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Permissions. If this option is selected (which is the default setting), any users restored during the backup retain the permissions they were granted at the time of backup. If this option is cleared, a restore job may take substantially less time; however, this then requires a SharePoint administrator to review and possibly modify appropriate SharePoint permissions after the data is restored. | |
Restore location (deleted) |
Check box |
Applies only when you select the Deleted object type. When this option is selected, then upon restoring data, items that were deleted in the backup are restored, but are placed in the recycle bin. When this option is cleared, then upon restoring data, items that were deleted in the backup are restored in their original locations. |
Root node name / Rename root node |
Text field / Check box |
When you select Rename root node, the root node name text field enables, letting you rename the web application after the restore is complete. This option is not available when restoring in place. |
Restore objects |
List with check boxes |
This list shows the items selected to be restored, and lets you de-select specific items before submitting the restore job. |
The Restore Wizard closes.
The Restore operation column indicates status (in progress, finished). You can also see the scope of the job, start time and end time, and an Action menu where you can cancel a job in progress.
For more information on a restore job, including viewing any warnings, check details in the log file. For information on how to browse through restore logs for restore jobs, see Working with restore logs for your current DocRetriever session. To view restore job history for restores performed in earlier sessions of DocRetriever, see Working with restore job history.
Working with DocRetriever log files
DocRetriever maintains installation logs, restore job logs, and service logs. Each log is saved in a log file. You can open these with any text editor. Additionally, from the Restore Log window at the bottom of the DocRetriever Console, you can browse, view, sort, filter, and export details for restore jobs performed in your current DocRetriever session. Although those jobs do not persist in that view once you close the DocRetriever Console, all historical restore jobs are saved in the restore job history. From the Restore Job History window, you can browse, view, sort, filter, and export details for all historical restore jobs performed from the DocRetriever Console.
This section describes where to locate log files, how to view current restore job details, and how to view historical restore job details.