User`s guide

Introduction

User Directed Restores

You can start a restore operation at any time. Restored folders and drives include

all files that were backed up or archived during a range of backups. NetBackup

is also able to perform an alternate-client restore and a true image restore.

Alternate Client Restore

Files or folders, that were backed up or archived from one NetBackup client, can

be restored to a different NetBackup client. This is possible only if the

NetBackup administrator has configured the NetBackup master server to allow

alternate client restores. Refer to the NetBackup System Administrator’s Guide -

UNIX or the NetBackup System Administrator’s Guide - Windows NT Server for

details. Also refer to "NetBackup Restore Options for System Administrators"

on page 109 for details on using the NetBackup Browser on the NetBackup

server for alternate client restores.

Restore from True Image Backup

A Restore from True Image Backup can be performed only on server directed

backups and archives in which the True Image Restore Information attribute has

been set. Refer to the NetBackup System Administrator’s Guide - UNIX or the

NetBackup System Administrator’s Guide - Windows NT Server for details.

A true image restore of a folder, by default, restores the folder so its contents are

exactly what they were at the time of the most recent server directed full backup

or incremental backup. Files deleted prior to the specified backup are not

restored.

During a true image restore of a folder, NetBackup determines which files

belong in the folder and then reconstructs it by using the most recent backup of

these files.

NetBackup does not allow a true image restore that is based on the time of a user

operation. However, NetBackup does use the backups from a user directed

operation if they are more recent than the latest server directed full backup or

incremental backup.

A true image restore is the best choice if, for example, you have recently cleaned

up a folder by deleting unwanted files and now want to restore the latest version

without having to repeat your cleanup. It is also possible to restore the true

image of an earlier version of a folder.