NetVault 13.3.2 - Administration Guide

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 60. 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 13. 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.

Viewing media list

The Media List option on the Create Restore Job — Choose Saveset page lets you view information about the media items used to store a backup. You can view details about the data segments and index segments for a backup.

To view the media details for a saveset:

On the Create Restore Job — Choose Saveset page, select the applicable saveset.

In the Saveset Information area, click Media List.

In the dialog box that appears, you can view the following details:

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Backup size: This area shows the total size of the saveset in number of bytes

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Data segment table: This table shows information about the media items that contain the data segments. You can view the following details: media label, media group label, stream ID, starting byte number, ending byte number, and media location

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Index segment table: This table shows information about the media items that contain the index segments. You can view the media label and media location.

Click Close to close the dialog box.

Creating Source Sets for restore jobs

A Source Set is used to specify source device options. You can create Source Sets for restore jobs from the Create Restore Job page.

To create a Source Set:

Start the restore job wizard, and click Create New next to the Source Storage list.

On the Create Restore Source Set page, click Device Selection, and configure the following settings.

Table 61. Device Selection options for Restore Source Set
Option	Description
Any Device	This option is selected by default. If you do not specify a device type, NetVault uses any suitable device for a job.
Specify Device	To use particular devices for a job, select this option. In the associated box, clear the check marks for the devices that you do not want to use. When you remove a library, the associated drives are automatically removed.
Local Drives Only	To use only devices that are locally attached to the target client, select this check box. NOTE: NetVault SmartDisk is considered a network-attached device or a non-local device.